Clean power generation like hydro, nuclear, wind and solar had a higher growth rate than a year ago, while the growth of thermal power generation slowed down, the NBS said.
In March, hydropower generation was 80.9 TWh, jumping 22% y/y, the highest growth rate since March 2016, as water inflows were abundant in the southern region.
With new reactors put into operation, nuclear power generation reached 28.7 TWh, surging 31.7%, about 8.7% more than January - February period. Wind generation totalled 34.2 TWh, rising 8.2% y/y, compared to a decline of 0.6% in the first two months. Solar power was 10.1 TWh, up 12.9% y/y, 9.1% higher than January - February.
Thermal power, mainly coal-fired power, posed a 1% increase y/y to 416 TWh, down 0.7% from January - February.
In the first quarter, clean energy's proportion in total electricity output rose 1.5% from the same period of a year earlier, the NBS said.
In the first quarter, the power generation totalled 1674.7 TWh, a 4.2% increase year-on-year, compared with the growth of 8% in 1Q18.
Thermal power totalled 1265.8 TWh (2% y/y), hydro, nuclear, wind and solar were 2159 TWh (12% y/y), 77 TWh (26.1%), 91.6 TWh (2.2% y/y) and 24.4 TWh (8.6% y/y), respectively.
