China's installed power generation capacity up 14.4% year-on-year... solar power up 46.7% - Chinese report

On the 20th, the National Energy Administration of China released nationwide power industry statistics for January to November of this year. As of the end of November, China's nationwide power generation capacity had increased 14.4% year-on-year to about 32.
Of this, solar power generation capacity increased by 46.7% to about 820 million kilowatts, and wind power generation capacity increased by 19.2% to about 490 million kilowatts.
During the same period, the average hours that power generation facilities were in use nationwide was 3,147 hours, down 151 hours from the same period last year.
The total investment in power supply construction projects by major electric power companies nationwide increased by 12.0% year-on-year to 866.5 billion yen (approx.
Of this, investment in power grid construction increased 18.7% to 529 billion former (approximately 11.3 trillion yen).