China’s Thermal Power Generation Grows for First Time This Year

Bloomberg · last updated June 16, 2025 – 1:56 AM

China’s massive fleet of coal and gas power plants logged the first year-on-year gain in electricity generation for 2025 following blistering heat that baked parts of the country.

Thermal power output in May rose 1.2% from a year earlier, the first gain since November, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics released on Monday. Temperatures climbed across northern China ahead of the start of the meteorological summer in June, boosting the use of air conditioners.

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