Electricity generation in Eastern Asia
Compare 2024 electricity production, renewable shares and low-carbon generation across Eastern Asia, with country-level grid and market references.
Electricity production by country in Eastern Asia
8 of 8 listed countries and territories report annual generation. Their available-country subtotal is 12,091.3 TWh in 2024. This is a sum of available observations, not an official or complete continent/region total. Country shares are shown separately; they are not averaged into a regional percentage.
Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.
| Country / territory | Generation (TWh) | Renewable (%) | Low-carbon (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| China electricity production | 10,086.9 | 33.7 | 38.2 |
| Japan electricity production | 1,016.4 | 22.9 | 31.3 |
| South Korea electricity production | 625.4 | 9.7 | 39.9 |
| Taiwan electricity production | 288.6 | 10.9 | 15.1 |
| Hong Kong electricity production | 37.4 | 1 | 1 |
| North Korea electricity production | 27.1 | 63.4 | 63.4 |
| Mongolia electricity production | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| Macau electricity production | 0.78 | 30.8 | 30.8 |
Coverage, geography and assumptions
This subregion follows the existing atlas country crosswalk, not a new statistical or electrical boundary. Each country’s full national observation is counted once within this group. Russia is assigned wholly to Europe and Türkiye to Asia; production is not split spatially. A parent group overlaps its subregions, so do not add those pages’ subtotals together.
Subtotals include reported zero values but exclude missing annual generation. They are calculated directly from source TWh, never inferred from installed MW, plant counts or capacity factors. The imported dataset excludes the provider’s regional aggregates; the World chart uses the provider’s separate World series, not a sum of these pages.
Electricity production is only one part of energy production: transport fuels, heat and primary energy are not included. Generation, consumption, electricity imports and installed capacity answer different questions.
Every listed member reports generation for this year
Complete member reporting is not a claim that the atlas geographic boundary matches a provider’s regional definition.
Source snapshot: 24 April 2026; common observation year: 2024. This page derives navigation and a subtotal from the published snapshot, not live measurements or a refreshed dataset. Editorial and review scope.
Grid operators and electricity markets in Eastern Asia
A geographic region is not one synchronous grid or one electricity market. Find the national or regional organisations, their stated roles and service areas, and the sources behind each country’s listing. Missing exchange links are not evidence that trading is absent.
| Country / territory | Listed grid organisations | Markets / power pools | Recorded structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| China grid operators and electricity market | State Grid Corporation of China; China Southern Power Grid | Beijing Power Exchange Center | Wholesale market |
| Hong Kong grid operators and electricity market | CLP Power Hong Kong; HK Electric | No exchange / pool link listed | Vertically integrated utility |
| Japan grid operators and electricity market | TEPCO Power Grid; OCCTO | Japan Electric Power Exchange | Liberalised market |
| Macau grid operators and electricity market | Companhia de Electricidade de Macau | No exchange / pool link listed | Vertically integrated utility |
| Mongolia grid operators and electricity market | National Dispatching Center — regulator reference | No exchange / pool link listed | Single buyer |
| North Korea grid operators and electricity market | No operator link verified | No exchange / pool link listed | Vertically integrated utility |
| South Korea grid operators and electricity market | Korea Power Exchange | Korea Power Exchange | Single buyer |
| Taiwan grid operators and electricity market | Taiwan Power Company | No exchange / pool link listed | Vertically integrated utility |
Operator references reviewed 2026-09-29. Recorded market structures are summaries, not current prices, licence registers or a claim of continent-wide uniformity. The linked country sections include source URLs and geographic limitations.
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