Aerial photo shows wind power station in the intertidal zone in Rudong County in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 8, 2018. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China's power generation rose 7.2 percent year-on-year in the first 10 months of 2018. In October alone, China generated 533 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of power, up 4.8 percent year on year, faster than the 4.6-percent growth in September. The average daily power generation reached 17.2 billion kWh, edging down from 18.3 billion kWh in September. China saw a faster growth rate of hydroelectricity, nuclear power, and solar power generation in October. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
BEIJING, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's power generation rose 7.2 percent year-on-year in the first 10 months of 2018, official data showed Wednesday.
In October alone, China generated 533 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of power, up 4.8 percent year on year, faster than the 4.6-percent growth in September, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
The average daily power generation reached 17.2 billion kWh, edging down from 18.3 billion kWh in September.
China saw a faster growth rate of hydroelectricity, nuclear power, and solar power generation in October.
Hydroelectricity climbed 6.2 percent year on year, 2.1 percentage points higher than that in the previous month, as more water came from the provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou.
Nuclear power saw a faster growth rate in October, surging 25.1 percent year on year, with new units in operation.
Due to better sunlight, solar power generation jumped 18.8 percent year-on-year, 15.9 percentage points higher than that in September.
Thermal and wind power generation rose 3 percent and 4.2 percent from a year earlier, respectively.
In the January-October period, new energy power generation accounted for 10.2 percent of the total power generation.
