National Bureau of Statistics: the growth rate of nuclear power slowed down from January to February, while the growth rate of wind power and solar power accelerated.

CTOnews.com March 15 news, CTOnews.com learned from the website of the National Bureau of Statistics, the National Bureau of Statistics today released the energy production in January-February 2023.

The National Bureau of Statistics said that from January to February, the production of major energy products in industries above scale maintained year-on-year growth. Compared with December last year, the growth rate of raw coal and natural gas production accelerated, while crude oil and electricity production slowed down.

In terms of power production, the growth rate of power production has slowed down. From January to February, power generation was 1.3497 trillion kilowatt hours, an increase of 0.7 percent over the same period last year, with a growth rate of 2.3 percent lower than that of December last year, with an average of 22.88 billion kilowatt hours per day.

Specifically, from January to February, thermal power and hydropower changed from increase to decline, the growth rate of nuclear power slowed down, and the growth rate of wind power and solar power accelerated. Of this total, thermal power, hydropower, nuclear power, wind power and solar power increased by 2.3%, 3.4%, 4.3%, 30.2% and 9.3% respectively.

Source of ▲: national Bureau of Statistics