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2008 detailed electricity statistics

Published on: July 7, 2009

Original title: 2008年电力工业统计年报数据
Links: Original CN (link). Same statistics for (2019) (2018) (2017) (2016) (2015) (2014) (2013) (2012) (2011) (2010) (2009) (2008) (2007) (2006).

Basic electric power statistics

		Unit	2007	2008	Year-on-year increase (±,%)
1。Installed generation capacity		MW	718,217	792,731	10.37
	Hydro power	MW	148,232	172,604	16.44
	Thermal power	MW	556,074	602,858	8.41
	Nuclear power	MW	8,846	8,846	0
	Wind power	MW	4,199	8,388	99.76
2。Units shut down		MW	23,365	18,926	-443.81
	Hydro power	MW	2,922	421	-250.12
	Thermal power	MW	20,439	18,505	-193.41
3。Newly installed generation capacity		MW	101,900	92,019	-9.7
	Hydro power	MW	13,070	21,483	64.37
	Thermal power	MW	83,600	65,545	-21.6
	Nuclear power	MW	2,000
	Wind power	MW	3,040	4,991	64.17
4。Power plants under construction at end of the year		MW	195,854	173,872	-11.22
	Hydro power	MW	91,476	73,436	-19.72
	Thermal power	MW	83,750	69,117	-17.47
	Nuclear power	MW	7,949	25,449	220.15
	Wind power	MW	2,475	5,870	137.18
5。Newly added transmission line length, 110 kV and above		km	62,030	67,592	8.97
	Of which: 750 kV	km		651
	500 kV	km	15,329	15,436	0.7
	330 kV	km	2,033	1,796	-11.68
	220 kV	km	24,012	23,994	-0.08
	110 kV	km	20,656	25,716	24.49
6。Newly added substation capacity, 110 kV and above		MVA	249,940	318,780	27.54
	Of which: 750 kV	MVA		3,600
	500 kV	MVA	80,050	100,950	26.11
	330 kV	MVA	8,460	6,540	-22.7
	220 kV	MVA	98,790	123,590	25.11
	110 kV	MVA	62,640	84,100	34.24
7。Single units of 6 MW and above		Unit	8,215	8,890	675
		MW	630,919	720,472	8955
	Hydro power	Unit	2,144	2,653	509
		MW	109,931	133,580	2365
	Thermal power	Unit	6,011	6,237	226
		MW	513,542	586,892	7335
	Average generator unit capacity	MW/unit	76.8	81.0	0.42
	Of which：Hydro power	MW/unit	51.3	50.4	-0.09
	Thermal power	MW/unit	85.4	94.1	0.87
8。35 kV and above transmission line length		km	1,106,345	1,168,857	5.65
	Of which: 750 kV	km	141	630	346.81
	500 kV	km	96,574	107,993	11.82
	330 kV	km	15,493	16,717	7.9
	220 kV	km	216,159	233,558	8.05
	110 kV	km	376,752	401,310	6.52
	35 kV	km	401,226	408,649	1.85
9。35 kV and above substation capacity		MVA	2,424,430	2,798,610	15.43
	Of which: 750 kV	MVA	3,000	6,600	120
	500 kV	MVA	417,810	525,880	25.87
	330 kV	MVA	39,510	46,650	18.07
	220 kV	MVA	769,510	896,850	16.55
	110 kV	MVA	886,580	991,300	11.81
	35 kV	MVA	308,020	331,330	7.57
10。Electric power investment		Million RMB	567,727	630,240	11.01
	1。Power generation projects investment	Million RMB	322,637	340,739	5.61
	Of which：Hydro power	Million RMB	85,902	84,886	-1.18
	Thermal power	Million RMB	200,450	167,850	-16.26
	Nuclear power	Million RMB	16,361	32,949	101.39
	Wind power	Million RMB	17,104	52,727	208.27
	2。Power grid projects investment	Million RMB	245,091	289,501	18.12
11 。Power production		GWh	3,264,397	3,451,013	5.72
	Hydro power	GWh	471,354	565,548	19.98
	Thermal power	GWh	2,720,659	2,802,997	3.03
	Nuclear power	GWh	62,863	69,219	10.11
	Wind power	GWh	5,710	13,079	129.06
12。Heat supply from thermal power plants 6 MW and above		TJ	2,596,514	2,497,016	-3.83
13。Coal consumption, net, (as standard coal equivalent) in power plants 6 MW and above		g/kWh	356	345	-11
14。Coal consumption, gross, (as standard coal equivalent) in power plants 6 MW and above		g/kWh	332	322	-10
15。Power plant own consumption, plants 6 MW and above		%	5.83	5.90	0.07
	Hydro power	%	0.42	0.36	-0.06
	Thermal power	%	6.62	6.79	0.17
16。Productivity, as full-load hours, for plants 6 MW and above		hours	5,020	4,648	-372
	Hydro power	hours	3,520	3,589	69
	Thermal power	hours	5,344	4,885	-459
	Wind power	hours		2,046
17。Electricity supply		GWh	2,843,190	3,061,702	7.69
	Electricity sold	GWh	2,644,993	2,853,722	7.89
	Transmission losses	GWh	198,198	207,980	4.94
	Transmission loss rate	%	6.97	6.79	-0.18
18。Total power cons.		GWh	3,259,008	3,437,969	5.49
	A。Industrial power consumption	GWh	2,897,765	3,029,756	4.55
	Primary industry	GWh	86,396	87,925	1.77
	Secondary industry	GWh	2,492,717	2,592,016	3.98
	Of which：Industry	GWh	2,461,425	2,557,780	3.91
	1。Light industry	GWh	446,803	457,224	2.33
	2。Heavy industry	GWh	2,014,622	2,100,556	4.27
	Tertiary industry	GWh	318,652	349,815	9.78
	B。Residential electricity consumption	GWh	361,243	408,213	11
	Of which：Urban residents	GWh	214,037	240,704	12.46
	Rural residents	GWh	146,792	167,509	14.11
19。Fuel consumption, power plants 6 MW and above
	Standard coal eq. consumption for electric power production	kt	874,944	868,577	-0.73
	Raw coal consumed for electric power production	kt	1,288,116	1,319,030	2.4
	Fuel oil consumed for electric power production	kt	8,133	6,130	-24.62
	Standard coal eq. consumption for heat production	kt	105,163	100,227	-4.69
	Raw coal consumed for heat production	kt	149,094	147,322	-1.19
	Fuel oil consumed for heat production	kt	726.4	682.6	-6.03

Note：Power production data is for total installed capacity