Aerial photo taken on April 13, 2022 shows a wind farm in Binhai New Area, north China's Tianjin. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)
BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's power generation rose 3 percent year on year to 757.9 billion kilowatt-hours in December 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed.
For the whole year of 2022, total power generation increased by 2.2 percent year on year to reach 8.4 trillion kilowatt-hours, data revealed.
In breakdown, thermal power generation edged up 1.3 percent year on year in December, and hydropower output rose 3.6 percent from a year ago, NBS data showed.
Nuclear power generation expanded 6.6 percent year on year in December, while wind power output went up 15.4 percent compared to the same period the previous year. ■
