1. Huaneng Power International, Inc. earned over 10 billion last year, a year-on-year increase of 20%; 2. The company stated that the growth in net income was mainly due to reduced domestic fuel costs boosting thermal power profits, and the orderly expansion of the company's New energy Fund brought additional profits.
According to Caixin News on March 25 (Reporter: Liu Yue), benefiting from reduced domestic fuel costs and the expansion of New energy Fund scale, Huaneng Power International, Inc. (600011.SH) earned over 10 billion last year, a year-on-year increase of 20%.
Huaneng Power International, Inc., with a total market capitalization exceeding 110 billion yuan, released its annual report in the evening, showing a revenue of 245.551 billion yuan in 2024, a decrease of 3.48% year-on-year; net income attributable to the parent company was 10.135 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.01%.
Huaneng Power International, Inc. stated that the decline in revenue this period was mainly due to a year-on-year decrease in electricity prices, while the increase in net income was mainly due to reduced domestic fuel costs boosting thermal power profits, and the orderly expansion of the company's New energy Fund brought additional profit. The announcement indicated that in 2024, the average on-grid settlement price for the company's operating power plants in China was 494.26 yuan/MWh, a year-on-year decrease of 2.85%. The unit fuel cost for electricity sales in domestic thermal power plants was 300.31 yuan/MWh, a year-on-year decrease of 8.00%.
The company's net profit exceeding 10 billion last year set a record for the best performance since 2017, however, last year's net profit and growth rates were slightly lower than institutional expectations. According to Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network data, in the past six months, a total of 15 institutions made forecasts for the company’s 2024 annual performance, with an average forecast of 12.948 billion yuan, representing a year-on-year growth of 27.75%.
From the Company Business Data perspective, in the fourth quarter of 2024, the company's operating power plants in China completed an on-grid power generation of 111.699 billion kWh according to consolidated reporting standards, a year-on-year increase of 1.11%; for the entire year of 2024, the operating power plants in China cumulatively completed on-grid power generation of 452.939 billion kWh according to consolidated reporting standards, a year-on-year increase of 1.13%.
Huaneng Power International, Inc. continues to lay out its New energy Fund. The company stated that the increase in power generation was mainly due to the continued growth in wind power and photovoltaic installed capacity, with New energy Fund power generation rapidly increasing year-on-year. For the entire year of 2024, the company added controllable power generation installed capacity of 9,692.76 MW, including New energy Fund installed capacity of 9,417.71 MW.
Notably, Huaneng Power International, Inc. stated on the interaction platform that it strives to achieve that by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan, the company's New energy Fund installed capacity will account for about 33% of the total installed capacity, with low-carbon clean energy installed capacity accounting for about 45%. Public information shows that 2025 is the concluding year of the 14th Five-Year Plan. As of December 31, 2024, the company's controllable power generation installed capacity was 145,125 MW, of which low-carbon clean energy installed capacity was 51,982 MW, accounting for 35.82%, an increase of 4.58 percentage points year-on-year.
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