NEA: China's installed power capacity jumps 19% YoY by end-June

China's total installed electricity generation capacity reached 3.65 billion kilowatts (kW) as of the end of June, up by 18.7% from the year-ago level, according to the latest data released by the country's National Energy Administration (NEA) on July 23.

Among the total, the installed capacity of solar power posted the largest increase, surging by 54.2% on year to 1.1 billion kW, while that of thermal power, primarily coal-based power, reached 1.47 billion kW, up by 4.7% from end-June 2024, according to the NEA data. China's newly-installed capacity of all