China's July power consumption hits 495 billion kWh

It’s the fastest growth rate so far this year.

The National Energy Administration said the total was an 8.8% increase from a year earlier. Total power consumption in the first seven months of the year rose 5.7% to 2.990 trillion kWh.

Power generation reached 479.5 billion kWh in July, up 8.1% year-on-year. China put 39.33 GW of new installed power generation capacity into formal operation in the January to July period, including 17.51 GW of thermal power and 12.67 GW of hydropower.