China's thermal power output returns to growth in August
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BEIJING, Sept 14 (Reuters) -China's thermal power generation in August rose from a year earlier as hydropower output growth moderated, statistics bureau data showed on Saturday, reversing a three-month trend of declining thermal power generation.
China's thermal power generation last month rose 3.7% from a year ago to 614.9 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported.
That was however slightly lower than the 5.8% rise in overall power generation to 907.4 billion kWh.
The NBS data reflects power generation from industrial enterprises that have annual revenue of at least 20 million yuan ($2.79 million).
Thermal power generation comes mostly from coal in China with a small portion from natural gas-fired power plants.
Hydropower rose 10.7% from a year ago to 163.5 billion kWh.
By contrast, in July, hydropower output had risen 36.2% from a year ago to 166.4 billion kWh.
For January to August, thermal power output was up 1% from a year earlier at 4.2 trillion kWh.
Overall power generation during the first eight months of 2024 was 6.24 trillion kWh, up 5.1% from the previous year, according to the statistics bureau data.
Reporting by Colleen Howe; editing by Miral Fahmy
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