China was crushed by the highest heat. She dealt with “sun and water” – Seznam Zpravy

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Consumption electricity in China in July it broke the previous record due to long heat waves. According to Reuters, this was due to heavy use of air conditioning. The daily temperature in Nanjing, which lies in the Yangtze River Delta, reached an average of 30.4 ° C, which is less than two degrees higher than a year ago.

They covered the unprecedented load with record production watery a sun power plants, therefore electricity production from coal fell compared to the previous year.

According to the country’s national statistics office, which Reuters refers to, total electricity production increased in July to 883 terawatt hours (TWh), which is 37 TWh more than in 2023. Just for comparison, two units of the Temelín Czech produce in a year about 16 TWh of energy.

But China is well prepared, production from hydropower plants increased by 10 TWh compared to last year to a total of 45 TWh. Solar farm output increased by 10 TWh, wind power plants increase capacity by five TWh.

As a result, coal power generation fell by 25 TWh compared to July 2023, despite higher demand.

Solar farms played a key role. Their production rose to 36 TWh in July. This result was mainly reflected in the doubling of installed capacity over the past three years.

Additional generation from hydropower and solar power reduced China’s reliance on fossil fuels at the height of summer, but remained high. Electricity from coal accounted for 65 percent of all generation in July, down eight percentage points from ten years ago.

The Chinese government plans to use more solar and wind energy, and the number of small rooftop solar panels is also increasing.

In addition to renewable resources, the Chinese government will focus on it nuclear blocks. So far, the core provides about five percent of the country’s production, but Beijing has already approved a large reactor construction program that will significantly strengthen it by the end of the decade. In addition to the 55 operating units, an additional 26 are under construction and 34 are planned.