Northwestern China's Qinghai province generated 100.82 TWh of electricity in 2023, up 1.6% from a year earlier, according to data released by local energy bureau.

Hydropower output declined 6.7% year on year to 39.83 TWh, thermal power rose 3% YoY to 15.88 TWh, solar power was up 13.3% YoY to 29.0 TWh and wind power increased 3.3% YoY to 16.1 TWh.

In 2023, Qinghai's power consumption totaled 101.83 TWh, rising 10.4% from the preceding year.

For the non-residential segment, the primary industries, mainly the agricultural sector, consumed 140 GWh of electricity last year, up 5.1% year on year; the secondary industries, primarily the industrial sector, used 90.35 TWh of electricity, a 9.9% increase YoY; the tertiary industries, largely the service sector, registered a 20.9% rise to 6.65 TWh.

Residential consumption rose 7.4% on the year to 4.69 TWh for the full year of 2023.

In December alone, the province's outbound electricity reached 1.57 TWh, up 5.2% on the year, while purchased electricity increased 81.6% from the year-ago level to 1.88 TWh.

(Writing by Riley Liang  Editing by Emma Yang)
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