China News Agency, Beijing, August 19 (Liu Wenwen) According to data released by China's National Energy Administration on the 19th, as of the end of July, the installed capacity of power generation nationwide was about 2.46 billion kilowatts, an increase of 8.0% year-on-year.

  On the same day, the National Energy Administration released the national power industry statistics from January to July.

Data show that as of the end of July, the national installed capacity of power generation was about 2.46 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 8.0%.

Among them, the installed capacity of wind power was about 340 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 17.2%; the installed capacity of solar power generation was about 340 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 26.7%.

  The data shows that from January to July, the country's power generation equipment has accumulated an average of 2,132 hours, a decrease of 84 hours compared with the same period of the previous year.

Among them, thermal power was 2,476 hours, a decrease of 118 hours compared with the same period of the previous year; nuclear power was 4,340 hours, a decrease of 192 hours compared with the same period of the previous year; wind power was 1,304 hours, a decrease of 68 hours compared with the same period of the previous year.

  Data show that from January to July, the power projects of major power generation enterprises in the country completed an investment of 260 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year increase of 16.8%.

Among them, solar power generation was 77.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 304.0%.

The investment in power grid projects was 223.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%.

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