Energy Production in March 2025

In March, the growth rate of coal, crude petroleum oil, natural gas, and electricity produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size accelerated.

I. Coal, Crude Petroleum Oil and Natural Gas Production and Relevant Information

The growth rate of coal production accelerated. In March, 440 million tons of coal were produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 9.6 percent year on year, a growth rate of 1.9 percentage points faster than that from January to February, with an average daily output of 14.21 million tons.

From January to March, 1.2 billion tons of coal were produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 8.1 percent year on year.

The production of crude petroleum oil changed from decreasing to increasing. In March, 19.03 million tons of crude petroleum oil were produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 3.5 percent year on year, and down by 0.2 percent from January to February, with an average daily output of 614,000 tons.

From January to March, 54.09 million tons of crude petroleum oil were produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 1.1 percent year on year.

Crude petroleum oil processing increased year on year. In March, 63.06 million tons of crude petroleum oil were processed by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 0.4 percent year on year, with an average daily processing capacity of 2.034 million tons. From January to March, 182.25 million tons of crude petroleum oil were processed, up by 1.6 percent year on year.

Natural gas production saw steady growth. In March, 22.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 5.0 percent year on year, a growth rate of 1.3 percentage points faster than that from January to February, with an average daily output of 730 million cubic meters.

From January to March, 66 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 4.3 percent year on year.

II. Electricity Generation

The power generation of industrial enterprises above the designated size accelerated. In March, 778 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 1.8 percent year on year, a growth rate of 3.1 percentage points faster than that from January to February, with an average daily electricity generation capacity of 25.1 billion kilowatt-hours. From January to March, 2.2699 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity were generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size, down by 0.3 percent year on year, with a year-on-year increase in an average daily electricity generation capacity of 0.8 percent after deducting days factors.

From the perspective of energy sources, in March, thermal power generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size changed with a narrowed decline; the growth rate of hydropower and nuclear-power generation accelerated; and the growth rate of wind power and solar power generation slowed down. Among them, the thermal power generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size decreased by 2.3 percent year on year, with a narrowed decline of 3.5 percentage points over January-February; the hydropower generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 9.5 percent, with the growth rate accelerating by 5.0 percentage points; the nuclear-power generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 23.0 percent, with the growth rate accelerating by 15.3 percentage points; the wind power generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 8.2 percent, with the growth rate slowing by 2.2 percentage points; the solar power generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 8.9 percent, with the growth rate slowing by 18.5 percentage points.

Annotations:

1. Explanatory Notes

Average daily product output: It is calculated by dividing the total output of industrial enterprises above the designated size announced in that month by the calendar days of that month.

2. Statistical Coverage

The statistical caliber of the output data in the report is the industrial enterprises above the designated size, and the statistical scope is industrial enterprises with an annual main business revenue of 20 million yuan and above.

Because the scope of industrial enterprises above the designated size changes every year, to ensure that this year's data is comparable with the previous year's, the cumulative figures for the same period last year used to calculate year-on-year growth rates for product output and other indicators are consistent with the statistical scope of enterprises in the current period. And there may be a discrepancy in statistical standard and coverage between the data released this year and last year.