A wind farm generates power for grids in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. [Photo by YAO FENG/FOR CHINA DAILY] The proportion of non-fossil fuel power generation capacity in China is expected to ...

During the first nine months of the year, thermal power output was up 1.9% from a year earlier at 4.74 trillion kWh, while overall power generation rose 5.4% from the previous year, the data showed.

China's power generation dipped by 1.3% to 1.49 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in the first two months of the year, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday.

China's thermal power generation, primarily from coal, increased in 2024 despite growth in renewable energy, due to factors like hydropower decline and rising electricity demand.

Global solar power generation jumped by 34% in the first quarter of 2025 from the same period in 2024, according to data from Ember cited by Reuters columnist Gavin Maguire.

Finally, there is some surge in power generation (read: consumption). It increased by 22 percent year-on-year in April 2024 to reach 10,513 GWh, almost matching the reference generation level.

In the fiscal 2023-24, thermal power accounted for 73% of the country’s cumulative power generation while the share of RE stood at 11%, as per data from Crisil.

Coal-based power generation recorded its slowest annual growth of 2.8 per cent in FY25 since Covid (FY21), even as overall electricity generation continued to rise, said a report by the Centre for ...