On September 26, the National Energy Administration released the national power industry statistics for the period from January to August.

As of the end of August, the national cumulative installed power generation capacity stood at 3.69 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 18.0%. Among them, the installed capacity of solar power generation was 1.12 billion kilowatts, up 48.5% year-on-year; the installed capacity of wind power was 580 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 22.1%. From January to August, the cumulative average utilization hours of national power generation equipment reached 2,105 hours, a decrease of 223 hours compared with the same period last year.