National Energy Administration: In the first quarter, the newly installed capacity of wind power was 15.5GW, a year-on-year increase of 5.09GW

On April 22, the National Energy Administration released the national power industry statistics from January to March.

As of the end of March, the country's cumulative installed power generation capacity was about 2.99 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 14.5%. Among them, the installed capacity of solar power generation was about 660 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 55.0%; The installed capacity of wind power was about 460 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 21.5%.

From January to March, the cumulative average utilization of power generation equipment nationwide was 844 hours, a decrease of 24 hours over the same period last year. Among them, 1,828 hours of nuclear power, a decrease of 36 hours over the same period of the previous year; 279 hours of solar power generation, a decrease of 24 hours over the same period last year; 596 hours of wind power, a decrease of 19 hours over the same period of the previous year; 1,128 hours of thermal power, an increase of 31 hours over the same period of the previous year; 555 hours of hydropower, an increase of 11 hours over the same period of the previous year.

From January to March, the country's major power generation enterprises completed an investment of 136.5 billion yuan in power projects, a year-on-year increase of 7.7%. The investment in power grid projects was 76.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.7%.

From January to March, the country's new wind power generation capacity was 15.5 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 5.09 million kilowatts.