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Yangtze Power says H1 output down 0.4 pct

Mon Jul 7, 2008 8:47pm EDT

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SHANGHAI, July 8 (Reuters) - China's Yangtze Electric Power Co (600900.SS), operator of the Three Gorges hydroelectric dam, said on Tuesday it generated 0.41 percent less electricity in the first half versus a year earlier.

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Yangtze Power produced 17.1 billion kilowatt hours in the January-June period, with power allocated from the Three Gorges 7 percent lower than the year-ago period at 10.2 billion kilowatt hours, the company said in a statement.

The company shares Three Gorges output with its state-owned parent, China Three Gorges Project Corp. (Reporting by Sophie Taylor; editing by Jonathan Hopfner)

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