Energy Production in August 2026

In August, the decline in the raw coal production by industrial enterprises above the designated size narrowed, the growth of crude oil production remained steady, the natural gas production shifted from decline to growth, and the electricity generation remained stable.

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

The decline in the raw coal production narrowed. In August, the raw coal production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 360 million tons, down by 7.7% year on year, with the decline narrowing by 2.4 percentage points from July; the average daily output was 11.67 million tons.

From January to August, the raw coal production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 3.06 billion tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.3%.

The crude oil production grew steadily. In August, the crude oil production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 18.43 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.8%, with the growth rate unchanged from July; the average daily output was 595 thousand tons.

From January to August, the crude oil production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 146.39 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%.

The decline in the processing volume of crude oil narrowed. In August, the processing volume of crude oil by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 59.07 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.9%, with the decline narrowing by 8.9 percentage points from July; the average daily processing volume was 1.906 million tons.

From January to August, the processing volume of crude oil by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 456.12 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.6%.

Natural gas production shifted from decline to growth. In August, the production of natural gas by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 21.4 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 0.8%, compared with a 0.9% decline in July; the average daily output was 690 million cubic meters.

From January to August, the production of natural gas by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 175.7 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 1.1%.

II. Electricity Generation

Electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size remained generally stable. In August, electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 943.8 billion kWh, a year-on-year decrease of 0.8%; the average daily electricity generation was 30.44 billion kWh. From January to August, electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 6,647.6 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 2.4%.

By category, in August, the decline in thermal power by industrial enterprises above the designated size widened, while the growth of hydropower generation slowed down; the growth of nuclear power, wind power and solar power generation accelerated; among them, thermal power generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size decreased by 4.3% year on year, with the decline widening by 0.8 percentage points from that in July; hydropower generation increased by 2.8%, with the growth rate 3.9 percentage points lower than that in July; nuclear power generation increased by 9.4%, with the growth rate 2.8 percentage points higher than that in July; wind power generation increased by 7.9%, with the growth rate 3.4 percentage points higher than that in July; solar power generation increased by 10.3%, with the growth rate 4.7 percentage points higher than that in July.

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

The output data in this report are compiled on the basis of industrial enterprises above the designated size, defined as industrial enterprises with an annual main business revenue of 20 million yuan or above.

As the scope of industrial enterprises above the designated size changes every year, to ensure comparability between the data of the current year and those 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 is different from the coverage of data published last year.