National Energy Administration

And that was actually before the peak return traffic, which is all happening around now, actually.

The National Energy Administration recorded 2.9 million charging sessions in the first three days of the holiday.

across 62,700 highway charging facilities.

That's just the scale of China's highway network and how many chargers they have.

China's electricity consumption exceeded 1 trillion kilowatt-hours in August, up 1.7% year-on-year.

According to the National Energy Administration, power demand reached a record peak of 1.56 billion kilowatts during the month.

Electricity use in high-tech and equipment manufacturing rose 7.2%, while power consumption in charging and battery swapping services jumped more than 50%.

In the first eight months of the year, China's total electricity use reached nearly 7.2 trillion kWh, up 4.3% year-on-year.

China's electricity consumption exceeded 1 trillion kilowatt-hours in August, up 1.7% year-on-year.

According to the National Energy Administration, power demand reached a record peak of 1.56 billion kilowatts during the month.

Electricity use in high-tech and equipment manufacturing rose 7.2%, while power consumption in charging and battery swapping services jumped more than 50%.

In the first eight months of the year, China's total electricity use reached nearly 7.2 trillion kWh, up 4.3% year-on-year.

Yeah, no, solar power here, well, China's definitely doing this, but with wind and solar and nuclear and everything else.

But just the national, China's National Energy Administration just came out with some statistics, which are really interesting, is that the installed capacity of solar power went past coal for the first time.

Now, that doesn't mean that there's a difference between installed capacity and actually what's produced from the solar system up here.

So what's happened is that coal, for the first time, has dropped below 50% of total power production.

Our final story takes us to global energy markets for a historic turning point in how electricity gets made.

Official data released by China's National Energy Administration shows that for the very first time in history, China's installed solar power capacity has officially surpassed coal.

At the end of July, China's solar capacity increased hit 1.3 billion kilowatts, edging past coal-fired power to make solar the single largest energy source in the entire country by capacity.

Wait, let's pause for a quick energy lesson.