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2012 Q2 electricity statistics

Published on: July 17, 2012

Original title: 2012年1-6月全国电力工业统计数据一览表
Links: Original source (in Chinese) (link). Same statistics for (Q2 2016) (Q2 2015) (Q2 2014) (Q2 2013) (Q2 2012) (Q2 2011) (Q2 2010) (Q2 2009).

2012 Q2 National electric power industry statistics

Indicator			Unit	Year to date	YoY change (±, % or % point)
National total power production			GWh	2,295,000	3.7
	Of which: Hydropower		GWh	291,200	9.9
	Thermal power		GWh	1,871,200	2.6
	Nuclear power		GWh	46,400	11.9
National total power consumption			GWh	2,375,500	5.5
	Of which: primary industry power cons.		GWh	46,500	-2
	Secondary industry power cons.		GWh	1,758,000	3.7
—	—	Of which: industrial power cons.	GWh	1,729,500	3.7
		Of which: light industry power cons.	GWh	285,900	3.8
		Heavy industry power cons.	GWh	1,443,600	3.6
	Tertiary industry power cons.		GWh	267,300	12.1
	Household power cons.		GWh	303,600	12.7
Total installed capacity (units >6MW)			MW	1,047,030	8.7
	Of which: Hydropower		MW	202,310	6.4
	Thermal power		MW	776,910	7.2
	Nuclear power		MW	12,570	16.2
Coal cons. (avg.)			g/kWh	324.0	-4
Transmission and distribution losses			%	6.12	0.24
National heat supply			TJ	1,612,060	6.7
Coal consumed for national heat supply			kt	99,920	7.5
National power supply			GWh	2,126,700	5.2
National power sales			GWh	1,996,500	4.9
National transmission and distribution losses			GWh	130,200	9.6
Full load hours (national avg.)			hours	2,234	-95
	Of which：Hydro power		hours	1,455	47
	Thermal power		hours	2,489	-113
Power plant own consumption (nat. avg.)			%	5.50	-0.12
	Of which：Hydro power		%	0.46	0.002
	Thermal power		%	6.04	-0.13
Completed investment in power projects			Million RMB	146,100
	Of which：Hydro power		Million RMB	55,300
	Thermal power		Million RMB	40,100
	Nuclear power		Million RMB	32,100
Completed investment in power grid construction projects			Million RMB	139,300
Installed generation capacity, additions			MW	25,850
	Of which：Hydro power		MW	5,640
	Thermal power		MW	15,870
New 220 kV and above substation equipment capacity (AC)			MVA	100,720
Network length (>220 kV), additions			km	16,549

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