Recently, The National Energy Administration released statistical data on the national power industry for January to February.

As of the end of February, the country’s cumulative installed power generation capacity was about 2.6 billion kilowatts, an increase of 8.5% year-on-year. Among them, the installed capacity of wind power is about 370 million kilowatts, an increase of 11.0% year-on-year; The installed capacity of solar power generation is about 410 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 30.8%.

In January-February, the cumulative average utilization of power generation equipment nationwide was 569 hours, a decrease of 28 hours compared to the same period last year. Among them, thermal power generated 720 hours, a decrease of 39 hours compared to the same period last year; Nuclear power generated 1209 hours, an increase of 14 hours over the same period last year; Wind power generated 401 hours, an increase of 78 hours over the same period last year.

In January-February, major power generation enterprises nationwide completed 67.6 billion yuan of investment in power supply projects, an increase of 43.6% year-on-year. Among them, nuclear power reached 8.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 44.8%; Solar power generation reached 28.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 199.9%. The completed investment in power grid projects was 31.9 billion yuan, up 2.2% year-on-year.

Source: NEA