10.86GW of new photovoltaic installed capacity from January to February

On March 21, the National Energy Administration released the national power industry statistics from January to February. As of the end of February, the national installed capacity of power generation was about 2.39 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%. Among them, the installed capacity of wind power was about 330 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 17.5%; the installed capacity of solar power generation was about 320 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 22.7%.

From January to February, the newly installed power generation capacity was 24.39 million kilowatts, including 10.86 million kilowatts of photovoltaic power, 5.73 million kilowatts of wind power, 4.73 million kilowatts of thermal power, and 1.94 million kilowatts of hydropower.

From January to February, the power projects of major power generation enterprises in the country completed an investment of 47.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.9%. Among them, hydropower was 12.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 19.6%; solar power generation was 9.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 153.7%. The investment in power grid projects was 31.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 37.6%.