China's power generation of all sources totaled 749.5 TWh in November this year, a 0.9% rise from a year earlier, showed data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on December 16. Daily power generation averaged 24.98 TWh during the month.

The output of thermal power, mostly coal-fired, totaled 517.5 TWh in November, up 1.4% year on year; hydropower decreased 1.9% YoY to 82.3 TWh; nuclear power 37.6 TWh, up 3.1% YoY; wind 82.4 TWh, falling 3.3% YoY; solar 29.8 TWh, up 10.3% YoY, the NBS data showed.

Total power generation reached 8,568.7 TWh over the first eleven months this year, growing 1.9% YoY. Solar power output climbed 27.8% YoY to 385.6 TWh during the period, marking the fastest growth among all sources. Power generation from hydropower, nuclear and wind respectively reached 1,192.6 TWh (+11.2% YoY), 402.5 TWh (+1.9% YoY) and 843.8 TWh (+11.5% YoY).