Pv power generation in October 2018 increased 18.8 percent year on year
In January, industrial raw coal production accelerated, crude oil production increased, natural gas and electric power production remained stable, and energy production overall remained stable.
In October, electricity generation reached 533 billion kilowatt hours, up 4.8 percent year on year and 0.2 percentage points faster than the previous month. Average daily power generation is 17.19 billion kilowatt-hours. From January to October, 5,581.6 billion KWH of electricity was generated, up 7.2% from the same period last year.
Production of thermal power and wind power has slowed. In October, thermal power and wind power grew by 3.0 percent and 4.2 percent year on year, 0.7 and 9.3 percentage points lower than the previous month respectively.
The growth of hydropower, nuclear power and photovoltaic power was accelerated. The amount of water brought into water for hydropower in Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou increased by 6.2 percent year on year, 2.1 percentage points faster than the previous month. Due to the new units being put into operation in the same month, the nuclear power plant stopped production for overhaul in the same period of last year. The growth rate accelerated significantly, with a year-on-year growth of 25.1%, 12.3 percentage points higher than that in the previous month. Photovoltaic power generation benefited from better lighting conditions in some areas, with a year-on-year growth of 18.8 percent, 15.9 percentage points higher than the previous month.
In the first 10 months of this year, new energy generated 10.2 percent of all electricity, up 0.8 percentage points from the same period last year.
