Friday, November 11, 2022
China’s major energy suppliers observed an increase in solar energy investment in the first seven months of the current year. This is according to official data from the National Energy Administration. For example, investments between January and July rose 304 percent year-on-year to $11.4 billion, the agency reported. Overall, the entire power generation sector saw an increase in investments. The increase here was 16.8 percent year-on-year, with the total amounting to the equivalent of $36 billion. Investments in the power grid increased by 10.4 percent year-on-year to around US$31 billion, according to the National Energy Administration’s surveys. By the end of July 2022, China’s total power generation capacity was about 2.46 billion kilowatts, the authority said. This represents an eight percent increase from 2021. Machinery and…
