September 08, 2008

Chinese power output in 2 months up by 11.3% YoY

XFN-Asia reported that China's major power plants produced 516.9 billion KWH of electricity in the first two months up by 11.3% YoY.

The China Electricity Council said the growth rate was down by 5.3 % YoY partly due to the severe snowstorms in mid January. Of the total, coal fired power plants produced 452.7 billion KWH of electricity up by 10.7% YoY, hydropower stations produced 47.86 billion KWH up by 9.7% and nuclear power stations produced 10.53 billion KWH up by 38.6%.

The council said power consumption stood at 523.9 billion KWH during the two months up by 11.93%.