NEA: China's installed power capacity by end-Sep up 14.1% YoY

China's total installed electricity generation capacity reached 3.16 billion kilowatts (kW) as of the end of September, up by 14.1% from the year-ago level, according to the latest data released by the country's National Energy Administration (NEA) on October 21.

Among the total, the installed capacity of solar power posted the largest increase of 48.3% on year at 772.92 million kW, while that of thermal power, primarily coal-based power, reached 1.42 billion kW, up by 3.4% from the previous year, according to the NEA data. China's newly-installed capacity of all