NEA: China's power capacity expands 11% YoY by end-July

China's total installed power generation capacity reached 4.08 billion kilowatts (kW) by the end of July, up 11% from the year-ago level, the National Energy Administration said on August 25.

Solar capacity stood at 1.29 billion kW, up 16.1% on the year, while wind reached 687.2 million kW, up 19.5% – marking the fastest growth among all sources and extending China's lead as the world's largest renewables holder. Thermal capacity, mostly coal-fired, rose 6.3% to 1.58 billion kW. More tellingly,