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China: Electricity generation from fossil fuels

6190.55TWh · 2025+45.7% since 2015

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

19862025

Every year

YearValue (TWh)Note
20256,190.551
20246,250.085
20236,147.127
20225,779.798
20215,701.864
20205,239.532
20195,143.452
20185,031.212
20174,679.057
20164,381.465
20154,248.88
20144,371.941
20134,225.447
20123,887.266
20113,829.845
20103,342.281
20092,980.203
20082,762.288
20072,718.703
20062,364.157
20052,042.803
20041,795.415
20031,579.955
20021,337.468
20011,182.594
20001,113.3
19991,024.76
1998951.16
1997922.219
1996877.366
1995799.98
1994744.761
1993657.806
1992623.007
1991552.786
1990494.388
1989466.401
1988436.042
1987397.243
1986354.981
1985318.302

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 fossil fuels. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-generation-fossil (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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