On July 22, the National Energy Administration (NEA) released national electricity statistics covering the period from January to June.

By the end of June, China’s cumulative installed power generation capacity reached 4.04 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%. Among this total, installed solar power capacity stood at 1.27 billion kilowatts, rising 15.8% year on year; installed wind power capacity hit 680 million kilowatts, growing 18.5% year on year.

From January to June, the average cumulative utilization hours of power generation equipment nationwide amounted to 1,392 hours, 113 hours lower than the same period of last year.