NBS: China's power generation hits record high in July

The total of electric power that China generated during July reached a record 883.1 billion kilowatt hours (kWh), up 2.5% from a year earlier, data from the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) published on August 15 showed.

The figure also marked a 14.9% rise from a month earlier, continuing a three-month streak of rising power output, the NBS data showed. The surge in July was primarily driven by a significant increase in hydropower generation, which reached 166.4 billion kWh – up 36.2% on year – with the