{
  "title": "Provincial Power Scoreboard",
  "as_of": "2025-12",
  "generation_as_of": "2025-12",
  "capacity_as_of": "2024-12 (year-end 2024)",
  "source": "NEA / NBS / China Electricity Council (CEC), curated via BJX News (bjx.com.cn) and the China Energy Media Research Institute",
  "sources": [
    "Top-10 installed capacity provinces, end-2024 (BJX News / China Energy Media Research Institute)",
    "Top-10 wind capacity provinces, end-2024 (NEA, via BJX News)",
    "Provincial generation 2024 (NBS/CEC, via Dazhong Fengkou Finance & China Energy News)",
    "Provincial generation 2025 full-year + wind/solar splits (CEC/NBS via BJX News, 2026-02)"
  ],
  "installed_capacity_gw": {
    "note": "Total installed power capacity by province, GW, year-end 2024 (top 10)",
    "units": "GW",
    "rank": [
      {
        "rank": 1,
        "province": "Inner Mongolia",
        "cn": "内蒙古",
        "gw": 257.7
      },
      {
        "rank": 2,
        "province": "Shandong",
        "cn": "山东",
        "gw": 232.3
      },
      {
        "rank": 3,
        "province": "Guangdong",
        "cn": "广东",
        "gw": 221.8
      },
      {
        "rank": 4,
        "province": "Jiangsu",
        "cn": "江苏",
        "gw": 204.1
      },
      {
        "rank": 5,
        "province": "Xinjiang",
        "cn": "新疆",
        "gw": 192.1
      },
      {
        "rank": 6,
        "province": "Hebei",
        "cn": "河北",
        "gw": 171.4
      },
      {
        "rank": 7,
        "province": "Zhejiang",
        "cn": "浙江",
        "gw": 151.3
      },
      {
        "rank": 8,
        "province": "Shanxi",
        "cn": "山西",
        "gw": 148.5
      },
      {
        "rank": 9,
        "province": "Yunnan",
        "cn": "云南",
        "gw": 140.4
      },
      {
        "rank": 10,
        "province": "Sichuan",
        "cn": "四川",
        "gw": 139.2
      }
    ]
  },
  "wind_capacity_gw": {
    "note": "Installed wind capacity by province, GW, year-end 2024 (top 10)",
    "units": "GW",
    "rank": [
      {
        "rank": 1,
        "province": "Inner Mongolia",
        "cn": "内蒙古",
        "gw": 86.0
      },
      {
        "rank": 2,
        "province": "Xinjiang",
        "cn": "新疆",
        "gw": 47.1
      },
      {
        "rank": 3,
        "province": "Hebei",
        "cn": "河北",
        "gw": 38.1
      },
      {
        "rank": 4,
        "province": "Gansu",
        "cn": "甘肃",
        "gw": 32.2
      },
      {
        "rank": 5,
        "province": "Shandong",
        "cn": "山东",
        "gw": 26.7
      },
      {
        "rank": 6,
        "province": "Shanxi",
        "cn": "山西",
        "gw": 26.2
      }
    ]
  },
  "generation_twh": {
    "note": "Annual total power generation by province, TWh, calendar 2025 (above-designated-size plants, NBS/CEC via BJX News). Exact 2025 full-year figures where sourced.",
    "units": "TWh",
    "tiers": [
      {
        "tier": "1",
        "province": "Inner Mongolia",
        "cn": "内蒙古",
        "twh": 851.7,
        "note": "national #1 generation + top net exporter; +3.8% y/y"
      },
      {
        "tier": "1",
        "province": "Jiangsu",
        "cn": "江苏",
        "twh": 643.8,
        "note": "+0.7% y/y"
      },
      {
        "tier": "1",
        "province": "Guangdong",
        "cn": "广东",
        "twh_min": 600,
        "note": "lower bound, 2024 basis"
      },
      {
        "tier": "1",
        "province": "Shandong",
        "cn": "山东",
        "twh_min": 600,
        "note": "lower bound, 2024 basis"
      },
      {
        "tier": "1",
        "province": "Shanxi",
        "cn": "山西",
        "twh": 440.6,
        "note": "-0.8% y/y"
      },
      {
        "tier": "1",
        "province": "Hebei",
        "cn": "河北",
        "twh": 411.5,
        "note": "+4.9% y/y; wind 78.5 TWh"
      },
      {
        "tier": "2",
        "province": "Xinjiang",
        "cn": "新疆",
        "twh_min": 500,
        "note": "lower bound, 2024 basis"
      },
      {
        "tier": "2",
        "province": "Sichuan",
        "cn": "四川",
        "twh_min": 500,
        "note": "lower bound, 2024 basis"
      },
      {
        "tier": "2",
        "province": "Zhejiang",
        "cn": "浙江",
        "twh_min": 400,
        "note": "lower bound, 2024 basis"
      },
      {
        "tier": "2",
        "province": "Yunnan",
        "cn": "云南",
        "twh_min": 400,
        "note": "lower bound, 2024 basis"
      }
    ]
  },
  "wind_generation_twh": {
    "note": "Wind power generation by province, TWh, calendar 2025 (CEC/NBS via BJX News). Exact figures where sourced (top 5 reported).",
    "units": "TWh",
    "rank": [
      {
        "rank": 1,
        "province": "Inner Mongolia",
        "cn": "内蒙古",
        "twh": 203.3
      },
      {
        "rank": 2,
        "province": "Hebei",
        "cn": "河北",
        "twh": 78.5
      },
      {
        "rank": 3,
        "province": "Shanxi",
        "cn": "山西",
        "twh": 55.6
      },
      {
        "rank": 4,
        "province": "Jiangsu",
        "cn": "江苏",
        "twh": 54.6
      },
      {
        "province": "Xinjiang",
        "cn": "新疆",
        "twh_min": 70,
        "note": "lower bound, 2024 basis; not ranked against 2025 figures"
      }
    ]
  },
  "solar_generation_twh": {
    "note": "Solar power generation by province, TWh, calendar 2025 (CEC/NBS via BJX News). Exact figures where sourced (top 5 reported).",
    "units": "TWh",
    "rank": [
      {
        "rank": 1,
        "province": "Inner Mongolia",
        "cn": "内蒙古",
        "twh": 51.2
      },
      {
        "rank": 2,
        "province": "Hebei",
        "cn": "河北",
        "twh": 44.3
      },
      {
        "rank": 3,
        "province": "Shanxi",
        "cn": "山西",
        "twh": 25.9
      },
      {
        "rank": 4,
        "province": "Jiangsu",
        "cn": "江苏",
        "twh": 22.8
      },
      {
        "province": "Xinjiang",
        "cn": "新疆",
        "twh_min": 38,
        "note": "lower bound, 2024 basis; not ranked against 2025 figures"
      }
    ]
  },
  "total_generation_twh": {
    "note": "Total power generation by province, TWh, calendar 2025 (above-designated-size plants, NBS/CEC via BJX News). Exact top where sourced; thresholds from 2024 BJX News / China Energy Media.",
    "units": "TWh",
    "rank": [
      {
        "rank": 1,
        "province": "Inner Mongolia",
        "cn": "内蒙古",
        "twh": 851.7
      },
      {
        "rank": 2,
        "province": "Jiangsu",
        "cn": "江苏",
        "twh": 643.8
      },
      {
        "rank": 3,
        "province": "Shanxi",
        "cn": "山西",
        "twh": 440.6
      },
      {
        "rank": 4,
        "province": "Hebei",
        "cn": "河北",
        "twh": 411.5
      },
      {
        "province": "Guangdong",
        "cn": "广东",
        "twh_min": 600,
        "note": "lower bound, 2024 basis; not ranked against 2025 figures"
      },
      {
        "province": "Shandong",
        "cn": "山东",
        "twh_min": 600,
        "note": "lower bound, 2024 basis; not ranked against 2025 figures"
      }
    ]
  },
  "highlights": [
    "Inner Mongolia leads both installed capacity (257.7 GW, end-2024) and generation (851.7 TWh in 2025) — the wind/solar powerhouse and top net power exporter (net exports 308.4 TWh, ~59% of its own use).",
    "Wind capacity is heavily western/northern: Inner Mongolia (86 GW) more than Xinjiang (47) and Hebei (38) combined at #2/#3.",
    "Coastal industrial provinces (Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong) dominate generation despite lower wind/solar — they are the demand sinks the western buildout feeds.",
    "Generation-by-source is a different ranking than capacity: in 2025 Inner Mongolia's wind output (203.3 TWh) is ~4× its solar (51.2 TWh), while Hebei's 44.3 TWh of solar already tops the >38 TWh lower bound reported for Xinjiang (2024 basis) — utilization, not just nameplate, shapes who actually generates. IM solar jumped +62.6% y/y."
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "Provincial installed-capacity and generation figures come from different reference years/series and should be read as rank-order guidance, not exact cross-province totals (NBS generation covers only above-designated-size plants; capacity is NEA full-coverage).",
    "Installed & wind capacity are year-end 2024; wind/solar/total generation are calendar 2025 (above-designated-size plants, NBS/CEC via BJX News). Exact 2025 figures apply only where listed; Xinjiang row uses a >TWh threshold (2024 basis)."
  ],
  "generated_at": "2026-10-14T10:17:16"
}