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SPIC generates 10% of China's electricity by a mix of energy sources

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State Power Investment Corporation (国家电力投资集团有限公司)
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Kokel, Nicolas
1/3/2026 11:35 AM



State Power Investment Corporation (国家电力投资集团有限公司) is one of China's five largest state-owned electricity producers, supplying approximately 10% of the country's electricity across 27 Chinese provinces.

SPIC operates diverse energy assets with total installed capacity exceeding 260 GW: (as of May 2025):

  • Solar power: 86.29 GW (world's #1  for 8 consecutive years)​
  • Wind power: 62.24 GW (world's #2 )​
  • Hydropower: 26.53 GW​
  • Thermal power: 84.27 GW (including 73.04 GW coal, 9.26 GW gas, 1.97 GW biomass)​
  • Nuclear power: Developing advanced AP1000 passive nuclear technology ("Guohe-1")​
  • Coal mining: 83 million tonnes/year production capacity across 5 mines in Inner Mongolia​
  • Aluminum production: 11.2 million tonnes bauxite, 3.9 million tonnes alumina, 4.3 million tonnes electrolytic aluminum capacity​
  • Energy storage: 7,436 MW / 17,151 MWh (approximately 12.6% of China's total)

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