Huaneng Power International said on Friday that its 2007 electricity output rose 13.2 percent year-on-year after it built and acquired new capacity. Growth-driven power demand and better marketing also helped its electricity sales grow, Huaneng said.

 

In a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, China's largest listed power producer said its output jumped to 173.7 billion kilowatt-hours.

 

The company runs 26 power plants nationwide following the acquisition of Nanjing Jinling Power Generation Co. from parent China Huaneng Group.

 

Three other Chinese power giants have also reported strong expansion in their 2007 output amid double-digit economic growth.

 

-- Datang International Generation Co. said output rose 26.6 percent to 118.3 billion kilowatt-hours.

 

-- Huadian Power International Corp saw output soar 40.5 percent to 70.3 billion kilowatt-hours

 

-- GD Power Development Co. recorded a output of 65.8 billion kilowatt-hours, up 13.8 percent from a year earlier.

 

(Xinhua News Agency January 11, 2008)