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2012 Q1 electricity statistics

Published on: April 19, 2012

Original title: 2012年1-3月全国电力工业统计数据一览表
Links: Original source (in Chinese) (link). Same statistics for (Q1 2020) (Q1 2019) (Q1 2018) (Q1 2017) (Q1 2016) (Q1 2015) (Q1 2014) (Q1 2013) (Q1 2012) (Q1 2011) (Q1 2010) (Q1 2009).

2012 Q1 electric power industry statistics

Indicator			Unit	Year to date	YoY change (±, % or % point)
National total power production			GWh	1,144,580	7.1
	Of which: Hydropower		GWh	111,230	-1.2
	Thermal power		GWh	960,790	7.0
	Nuclear power		GWh	24,600	19.5
National total power consumption			GWh	1,165,542	6.8
	Of which: primary industry power cons.		GWh	18,959	-3.0
	Secondary industry power cons.		GWh	838,491	4.5
—	—	Of which: industrial power cons.	GWh	824,654	4.5
		Of which: light industry power cons.	GWh	131,303	2.6
		Heavy industry power cons.	GWh	693,351	4.8
	Tertiary industry power cons.		GWh	139,772	11.0
	Household power cons.		GWh	168,321	15.5
Total installed capacity (units >6MW)			MW	1,029,934	9.0
	Of which: Hydropower		MW	197,240	6.7
	Thermal power		MW	768,720	7.6
	Nuclear power		MW	12,572	16.2
Coal cons. (avg.)			g/kWh	320.0	-5.0
Transmission and distribution losses			%	6.51	0.84
National heat supply			TJ	1,076,502	8.0
Coal consumed for national heat supply			kt	69,030	9.7
National power supply			GWh	1,036,711	5.9
National power sales			GWh	969,170	5.0
National transmission and distribution losses			GWh	67,541	21.7
Full load hours (national avg.)			hours	1,116	-18.3
	Of which：Hydro power		hours	516	-65.2
	Thermal power		hours	1,295	4.0
Power plant own consumption (nat. avg.)			%	5.41	0.00
	Of which：Hydro power		%	0.55	0.08
	Thermal power		%	5.91	-0.10
Completed investment in power projects			Million RMB	72,396
	Of which：Hydro power		Million RMB	27,638
	Thermal power		Million RMB	14,114
	Nuclear power		Million RMB	17,050
Completed investment in power grid construction projects			Million RMB	43,196
Installed generation capacity, additions			MW	9,236
	Of which：Hydro power		MW	1,270
	Thermal power		MW	6,493
New 220 kV and above substation equipment capacity (AC)			MVA	22,790
Network length (>220 kV), additions			km	3,069

Note: source of data is the NEA, and publicly available statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics。