China’s Power Generation Rises 8.1% in 2021 – Xinhua

January 19, 2022

Power generation total was 11% higher than 2019, putting the average growth over the past two years at 5.4%, the NBS figures showed.

The world must steeply reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal use to avoid severe consequences of climate change, but the transition will be most challenging in countries such as China, the IEA says. — The first unit of the Shanghaimiao coal-fired power plant in Inner Mongolia entered operation in December 2021. Beijing is still approving new coal power plants but that should ease as its economy slows and the green transition ramps up. Photo: Guodian Power Shanghaimiao.

China’s power generation reached 8.11 trillion kilowatt-hours in 2021, up 8.1% year on year, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data showed, Xinhua reported.

The 2021 power generation total was 11% higher than 2019, putting the average growth over the past two years at 5.4%, the NBS figures showed.

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