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2016 Q1 electricity statistics

Published on: April 19, 2016

Original title: 2016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).

2016 Q1 electric power industry statistics

Indicator			Unit	Year to date	YoY change (±, % or % point)
National total power production			GWh	1,355,100	1.8
	Of which: Hydropower		GWh	203,300	17.5
	Thermal power		GWh	1,049,300	-2.2
	Nuclear power		GWh	47,100	33.4
	Wind power		GWh	56,100	21
National total power consumption			GWh	1,352,400	3.2
	Of which: primary industry power cons.		GWh	18,400	7.8
	Secondary industry power cons.		GWh	929,100	0.2
—	—	Of which: industrial power cons.	GWh	912,100	0.2
		Of which: light industry power cons.	GWh	149,400	4.3
		Heavy industry power cons.	GWh	762,700	-0.6
	Tertiary industry power cons.		GWh	194,000	10.9
	Household power cons.		GWh	210,800	10.8
Total installed capacity (units >6MW)			MW	1,493,600	11.7
	Of which: Hydropower		MW	278,540	5
	Thermal power		MW	1,009,250	9.3
	Nuclear power		MW	28,140	33.7
	Wind power		MW	134,070	33.2
Coal cons. (avg.)			g/kWh	304	-3.8
Transmission and distribution losses			%	5.3	0.7
National heat supply			TJ	1,397,230	12.2
Coal consumed for national heat supply			kt	81,790	9.2
National power supply			GWh	1,135,300	1.95
National power sales			GWh	1,074,600	1.2
National transmission and distribution losses			GWh	60,700	17.1
Full load hours (national avg.)			hours	886	-74
	Of which：Hydro power		hours	691	82
	Thermal power		hours	1,006	-108
	Nuclear power		hours	1,646	7
	Wind power		hours	422	-61
Power plant own consumption (nat. avg.)			%	4.9	-0.4
	Of which：Hydro power		%	0.4	0.1
	Thermal power		%	5.7	-0.2
Completed investment in power projects			Million RMB	46,400	-14.9
	Of which：Hydro power		Million RMB	10,600	-20.5
	Thermal power		Million RMB	12,600	-19.5
	Nuclear power		Million RMB	9,000	-5.7
Completed investment in power grid construction projects			Million RMB	83,700	40.8
Installed generation capacity, additions			MW	28,150	1008
	Of which：Hydro power		MW	1,590	-0.1
	Thermal power		MW	17,460	752
New 220 kV and above substation equipment capacity (AC)			MVA	58,890	814
Network length (>220 kV), additions			km	6,391	-978

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