National Bureau of Statistics: From January to July, Photovoltaic Cells Increased 56.3% over the Same Period Last Year

According to the National Bureau of Statistics

on August 15, in July, the value added of industries above scale increased by 3.7% year-on-year (the growth rate of value added is the real growth rate after deducting price factors). On a month-on-month basis, in July, the value added of industries above designated size increased by 0.01% over the previous month. From January to July, the added value of industries above scale increased by 3.8% year on year. The output of photovoltaic cells

in July was 44.5 million kilowatts, representing a year-on-year increase of 65.1%; the cumulative output of photovoltaic cells in the first half of the year was 276.61 million kilowatts, representing an increase of 56.3% over the same period last year. In terms of

power generation, the total domestic power generation in July was 846.2 billion kWh, up 3.6% year-on-year, of which photovoltaic power generation was 25.9 billion kWh, up 6.4% year-on-year. From January to July, the total power generation was 5013 billion kWh, an increase of 3.8% over the same period last year. Photovoltaic power generation accounted for 3.2%, and the total power generation was 160.4 billion kWh, an increase of 7.9% over the same period last year.