on November 20, by the end of October, the total installed capacity of power generation in China was about 2.81 billion kilowatts, an increase of 12.6% over the same period last year. Among them, the installed capacity of solar power was about 540 million kilowatts, representing a year-on-year increase of 47.0%; the installed capacity of wind power was about 400 million kilowatts, representing a year-on-year increase of 15.6%.
From January to October, the cumulative average utilization of power generation equipment in China was 2996 hours, 88 hours less than same period last year. Among them, hydropower was 2704 hours, 298 hours less than same period last year; solar power was 1120 hours, 52 hours less than same period last year; wind power was 1816 hours, 1 hour less than same period last year; nuclear power was 6357 hours, 131 hours more than same period last year; thermal power was 3677 hours, 57 hours more than same period last year.
From January to October, the investment in power supply projects of major power generation enterprises in China was 662.1 billion yuan, an increase of 43.7% over the same period last year. Among them, solar power was 269.4 billion yuan, up 71.2% year-on-year; wind power was 171.7 billion yuan, up 42.5% year-on-year; nuclear power was 67 billion yuan, up 41.5% year-on-year. Power grid projects completed investment of 373 billion 100 million yuan, an increase of 6.3% over the same period last year.