Jul. 23, 2012 (China Knowledge) – China Huaneng Group, the country's top power producer and the parent company of Huaneng Power International Inc<600011><0902>, announced its installed capacity rose 8.5% YoY to 1.29 billion kilowatt in the first half of this year.

At the same time the power producer's installed capacity of clean energy had exceeded 25 million kilowatt.

From January to June 2012, the company generated 294.4 terawatt hours (TWhs) of electricity and 35.09 million metric tons of coal, down 0.2% and grew 8.8% from a year earlier, respectively.

China Huaneng Group saw its operation revenue hit RMB 139.84 billion in the six-month period, reflecting a YoY increase of 7.9%.