BEIJING, Oct 18 Reuters China39;s thermal power generation in September rose 8.9 from a year earlier, statistics bureau data showed on Friday.

Thermal power generation, which refers to generation largely from coal and some gasfired power plants, was 545.1 billion kilowatthours kWh last month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics NBS.

That was stronger than the 6 rise in power generation from all sources to 802.4 billion kWh.

The NBS data reflects power generation from industrial enterprises that have annual revenue of at least 20 million yuan 2.8 million.

Thermal power generation comes mostly from coal in China with a small portion from natural gasfired power plants.

Hydropower fell 14.6 from a year earlier to 119.9 billion kWh.

During the first nine months of the year, thermal power output was up 1.9 from a year earlier at 4.74 trillion kWh, while overall power generation rose 5.4 from the previous year, the data showed.

Reporting by Colleen Howe; Editing by Jacqueline Wong

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