Year-on-year output change across fuels and power sources; %, 2025 prelim.
China’s year-on-year energy output changes are compared across eight major fuels and power sources in 2025. A zero baseline preserves the direction of both increases and the thermal-power decline. Solar power grew fastest at 39.8%, while thermal power fell 0.7%. Four categories grew faster than total electricity generation, which increased 4.8%.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solar power | +39.8% | 2025 |
| 2 | Wind power | +13.1% | 2025 |
| 3 | Nuclear power | +7.6% | 2025 |
| 4 | Natural gas | +6.3% | 2025 |
| 5 | Hydropower | +2.5% | 2025 |
| 6 | Crude oil | +1.5% | 2025 |
| 7 | Coal | +1.4% | 2025 |
| 8 | Thermal power | -0.7% | 2025 |
Publisher: National Bureau of Statistics of China
Dataset/table: Growth Rates of Major Energy Products, 2025
Units: percent
Date checked: 2026-07-18
Evidence: Supports the 2025 year-on-year energy-output growth rate observations used in this brief.
Underlying output levels use different physical units, so only year-on-year percentage change is compared. Total electricity overlaps the five generation-source categories and remains a separate reference.
The eight product and source changes are ordered from highest to lowest on a shared zero baseline. Total electricity growth is retained only as a national reference.
All compared values use the same official release, 2025 period and year-on-year percentage basis.
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