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China: Electricity generation from coal

5755.91TWh · 2025+41.8% since 2015

Electricity generated from coal in the year. Annual figures for China from 1985 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (TWh)Note
20255,755.915
20245,836.352
20235,761.32
20225,422.278
20215,341.047
20204,930.977
20194,865.086
20184,776.274
20174,443.197
20164,165.506
20154,058.84
20144,218.029
20134,090.2
20123,759.652
20113,702.292
20103,243.712
20092,911.52
20082,708.913
20072,656.702
20062,302.421
20051,980.148
20041,722.421
20031,519.968
20021,282.567
20011,129.143
20001,060.259
1999969.684
1998891.674
1997867.027
1996824.184
1995741.886
1994693.408
1993589.228
1992567.33
1991498.434
1990441.251
1989405.06
1988373.653
1987339.862
1986299.61
1985260.645

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Electricity generation from coal. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-generation-coal (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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