Reuters reported that Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd generated 62.2529 billion kilowatt hours of power in the first half of 2008 up by 11.08% YoY from a year ago. Total on grid power generation increased 10.96% YoY during the six months period to 58.5987 billion kWh.

Datang said an increase in capacity of its operational generating units had led to the rise in power generation during the period. It said new installed capacity increased by 3,812 megawatts during the first six months of 2008 compared with the year ago period. Given the shutdown of the power generating units at Xia Hua Yuan Power Plant with a capacity of 200 MW, the company's had a net capacity increase of 3,612 MW.