Northern China's Shanxi province generated 446.1 TWh of electricity in 2023, up 6.6% from a year earlier, according to data released by local statistics bureau.

Thermal power output increased 4.1% year on year to 360.53 TWh, wind power rose 16.3% YoY to 54.24 TWh, solar power was up 25.5% YoY to 27.49 TWh and hydropower grew 4.9% YoY to 3.82 TWh.

Power output from renewable sources gained 17.9% on the year to 89.21 TWh, taking up 20% of the total, which expanded by 1.9 percentage points.

In 2023, Shanxi's power consumption totaled 288.5 TWh, rising 6.0% from the preceding year.

For the non-residential segment, the primary industries, mainly the agricultural sector, consumed 2.55 TWh of electricity last year, up 11.3% year on year; the secondary industries, primarily the industrial sector (212.24 TWh, +4.8% YoY), used 214.79 TWh of electricity, a 4.6% increase YoY; the tertiary industries, largely the service sector, registered a 13.7% rise to 40.56 TWh.

Residential consumption rose 6.3% on the year to 30.6 TWh last year.

As of the end of 2023, Shanxi's installed renewable capacity reached 133.04 GW, up 10.1% or 12.25 GW from the year prior. It accounted for nearly 40% of the province's total power capacity.

In addition, outbound electricity transmission from the province reached 157.6 TWh in 2023, up 7.7% year on year and notching a historical high.

(Writing by Riley Liang  Editing by Harry Huo)
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