Energy Production in September 2025

In September, the decline in raw coal production by industries above the designated size narrowed. The growth of production of crude oil and natural gas accelerated, and the generation of electricity increased steadily.

I. Raw Coal, Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production and Related Information

The decline in raw coal production narrowed. In September, the raw coal production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 410 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.8%, and the decline was 1.4 percentage points narrower month on month. The average daily output was 13.72 million tons.

From January to September, the raw coal production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 3.57 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.0%.

The growth of crude oil production accelerated. In September, the crude oil production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 17.77 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%, 1.7 percentage points higher than that in August; the average daily output was 592,000 tons.

From January to September, the crude oil production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 162.63 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.7%.

Processing of crude oil recorded fast growth. In September, the output of crude oil processed by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 62.69 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%; the average daily processing volume was 2.090 million tons.

From January to September, the crude oil processing volume of industrial enterprises above the designated size was 550.81 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.7%.

The production of natural gas accelerated. In September, the production of natural gas by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 21.2 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 9.4%, 3.5 percentage points higher than that in August; the average daily output was 710 million cubic meters.

From January to September, the production of natural gas by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 194.9 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 6.4%.

II. Electricity Generation

The electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size increased steadily. In September, electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 826.2 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%; the average daily electricity generation was 27.54 billion kWh. From January to September, the electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 7,255.7 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 1.6%.

By categories, in September, the generation of thermal power and wind power by industrial enterprises above the designated size shifted from growth to decline, hydropower turned from decline to growth, nuclear power slowed down, and solar power accelerated. Among them, thermal power generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size decreased by 5.4% year on year, after a 1.7% increase in August; hydropower increased by 31.9%, after a 10.1% decrease in August; nuclear power increased by 1.6%, and the growth rate was 4.3 percentage points lower than that of August; wind power decreased by 7.6%, after a 20.2% increase in August; and solar power increased 21.1%, and the growth rate was 5.2 percentage points higher than that of August.

Annotations

1. Notes on Indicators

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

2. Statistical Coverage

Statistically, the output data in this report cover the industrial enterprises above the designated size, which refer to the industrial enterprises with an annual main business income of 20 million yuan or above.

As the scope of industrial enterprises above the designated size changes every year, in order to ensure that the data of the current year is comparable with that of the previous year, the year-on-year growth rates of product output and other indicators are calculated based on the same statistical coverage of enterprises as in the current period, which may differ from the data published for the previous year.