NBS: China's power output in May edges up 0.5% on year

Electricity output among the enterprises supplying power in China increased by 0.5% on year to 738 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in May, data published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on June 16 show. Last month's rise in total power generated was smaller than the 0.9 percentage point increase in April, the NBS data show.

By source, thermal power generation – mostly coal-fired – snapped its on-year declines over the previous five months to rise by 1.2% from the previous year to 461.5 billion kWh in May, according to the data, while the total was 2.7% up from April. Thermal power's contribution to total