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2009 detailed electricity statistics

Published on: June 6, 2010

Original title: 2009年电力工业统计基本数据一览表
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 2009

Unit 2008 2009 YoY change (%)
1。Installed generation capacity MW 792,731 874,097 10.26
Hydro power MW 172,604 196,290 13.72
Thermal power MW 602,858 651,076 8
Nuclear power MW 9,078 9,078
Wind power MW 8,388 17,599 109.82
Geothermal, tidal MW 28.1
Solar power MW 25
Generation capacity of power plants of 6 MW and above MW 596,755 645,229 8.12
Of which：Coal-fired (includes coal gangue) MW 598,892
Oil MW 8,230
Gas MW 24,030
Biomass power MW 1,088
Waste incineration MW 1,303
Waste heat, pressure, gas etc MW 11,687
2。Units shut down MW 18,926 18,128 -4.22
Hydro power MW 421
Thermal power MW 18,505 18,128 -2.04
3。Newly installed power generation capacity MW 92,019 96,674 5.06
Hydro power MW 21,483 21,057 -1.98
Thermal power MW 65,545 65,858 0.48
Of which：Coal fired MW 61,867
Gas MW 1,273
Coal gangue MW 1,550
Biomass power MW 232
Waste incineration MW 113.4
Waste heat, pressure, gas etc MW 682.5
Other MW 2.2
Retro-fitted capacity MW 137
Nuclear power MW
Wind power MW 4,991 9,730 94.96
Solar power MW 27.9
4。Power plants under construction at end of the year MW 160,530 174,076 8.44
Hydro power MW 73,436 67,248 -8.43
Thermal power MW 69,117 77,491 12.12
Nuclear power MW 12,100 21,920 81.16
Wind power MW 5,870 7,208 22.79
5。Newly added transmission line length, 110 kV and above km 67,592 69,217 2.4
Of which：1000 kV km 640
±800 kV km 1,375
750 kV km 651 2,021 210.35
500 kV km 15,436 12,959 -16.05
Of which: ±500 kV km 574
330 kV km 1,796 1,766 -1.63
220 kV km 23,994 22,697 -5.41
110 kV km 25,716 27,760 7.95
6。Newly added substation capacity, 110 kV and above MVA 318,779 371,050 16.4
Of which：1000 kV MVA 6,000
±800 kV MVA 5,930
750 kV MVA 3,600 10,800
500 kV MVA 100,950 119,020 17.9
Of which: ±500 kV MVA 3,570
330 kV MVA 6,540 7,800 19.27
220 kV MVA 123,592 128,010 3.57
110 kV MVA 84,097 93,490 11.17
7。Single units of 6 MW and above Unit 8,890 9,081 191
MW 720,472 799,016 7854
Hydro power Unit 2,653 2,860 207
MW 133,580 157,681 2410
Thermal power Unit 6,237 6,221 -16
MW 586,892 641,335 5444
Average generator unit capacity MW/unit 81.04 88 0.7
Of which：Hydro power MW/unit 50.35 55.13 0.48
Thermal power MW/unit 94.1 103.09 0.9
8。35 kV and above transmission line length km 1,168,857 1,229,370 5.18
Of which: 1000 kV km 640
±800 kV km 1,375
750 kV km 630 2,747 336.03
500 kV km 107,993 121,939 12.91
Of which: ±500 kV km 13,298
330 kV km 16,717 19,156 14.59
220 kV km 233,558 253,573 8.57
110 kV km 401,310 422,863 5.37
35 kV km 408,649 407,077 -0.38
9。35 kV and above substation capacity MVA 2,798,610 3,247,710 16.05
Of which: 1000 kV MVA 6,000
±800 kV MVA 5,930
750 kV MVA 6,600 17,400 163.64
500 kV MVA 525,880 641,450 21.98
Of which: ±500 kV MVA 40,310
330 kV MVA 46,650 56,560 21.24
220 kV MVA 896,850 1,034,980 15.4
110 kV MVA 991,300 1,129,650 13.96
35 kV MVA 331,330 355,740 7.37
10。Electric power investment Million RMB 630,240 770,161 22.2
1) Investment in power generation projects Million RMB 340,739 380,331 11.62
Of which：Hydro power Million RMB 84,886 86,719 2.16
Thermal power Million RMB 167,850 154,356 -8.04
Nuclear power Million RMB 32,949 58,401 77.25
Wind power Million RMB 52,727 78,178 48.27
2) Investment in power grid projects Million RMB 289,501 389,830 34.66
Of which：Basic construction Million RMB 266,584 349,795 31.21
Of which：Small-scale infrastructure Million RMB 8,159 12,139 48.78
Transmission and distribution Million RMB 258,425 337,655 30.66
Direct current：±800 kV Million RMB 5,456 18,944 247.21
±660 kV Million RMB 47 908 1831.64
±500 kV Million RMB 3,095 7,824 152.81
Alternating current：1000 kV Million RMB 3,722 488 -86.88
750 kV Million RMB 5,531 12,546 126.84
500 kV Million RMB 60,001 69,974 16.62
330 kV Million RMB 4,734 5,693 20.26
220 kV Million RMB 96,188 89,128 -7.34
110 kV and below Million RMB 79,649 132,150 65.92
Other types Million RMB 29,917 40,036 33.82
11。Power production GWh 3,451,013 3,681,186 6.67
Hydro power GWh 565,548 571,682 1.08
Thermal power GWh 2,802,997 3,011,687 7.45
Nuclear power GWh 69,219 70,050 1.2
Wind power GWh 13,079 27,615 111.14
Geothermal, tidal and solar energy etc. GWh 152.32
Generation by thermal power plants 6 MW and above GWh 2,797,838 3,005,007 7.4
Of which：Coal fired GWh 2,866,547
Oil GWh 17,076
Gas GWh 5,217
Biomass power GWh 6,748
Waste incineration GWh 56,559
Waste heat, pressure, gas etc GWh 52,860
12。Heat supply from thermal power plants 6 MW and above TJ 2,497,016 2,581,981 3.4
13。Coal consumption, net, (as standard coal equivalent) in power plants 6 MW and above g/kWh 345 340 -5
14。Coal consumption, gross, (as standard coal equivalent) in power plants 6 MW and above g/kWh 322 320 -2
15。Power plant own consumption, plants 6 MW and above % 5.9 5.76 -0.14
Hydro power % 0.36 0.4 0.04
Thermal power % 6.79 6.62 -0.17
16。Productivity, as full-load hours, for plants 6 MW and above hours 4,648 4,546 -102
Hydro power hours 3,589 3,328 -261
Thermal power hours 4,885 4,865 -20
Nuclear power hours 7,679 7,716 37
Wind power hours 2,046 2,077 31
17。Electricity supply, consumption, and transmission losses
Electricity supply GWh 3,061,702 3,261,374 6.52
Electricity consumption GWh 2,853,722 3,042,309 6.61
Transmission losses GWh 207,980 219,065 5.33
Transmission loss rate % 7 7 -0.07
18。Total power cons. GWh 3,437,969 3,659,515 6.44
A. Industrial power consumption GWh 3,029,756 3,201,999 5.69
Primary industry GWh 87,925 93,990 6.9
Secondary industry GWh 2,592,016 2,713,640 4.69
Of which: industry GWh 2,557,780 2,675,449 4.6
--- 1, Light industry GWh 457,224 463,555 1.38
--- 2, Heavy industry GWh 2,100,556 2,211,894 5.3
Tertiary industry GWh 349,815 394,370 12.74
B. Residential electricity consumption GWh 408,213 457,516 12.08
Of which: urban residential consumption GWh 240,704 267,000 10.92
Rural residents GWh 167,509 190,516 13.73
19。Fuel consumption, power plants 6 MW and above
Standard coal eq. consumption for electric power production kt 868,577 914,782 5.32
Raw coal consumed for electric power production kt 1,319,028 1,396,696 5.89
Standard coal eq. consumption for heat production kt 100,227 101,991 1.76
Raw coal consumed for heat production kt 147,322 149,600 1.55
19。Power plant conversion efficiency (plants 6 MW and above)
Power generation efficiency % 39.57 40.44 0.87
Heat generation efficiency % 85.01 86.38 1.37
Overall conversion efficiency % 43.19 43.89 0.7
20。Ratio of capacity of generation : consumption
Total generation capacity：Total capacity of power consuming equipment 1∶3.12 1∶3.16
21。Elasticities of power supply and demand
Elasticity of power supply 0.6 0.73
Elasticity of power demand 0.57 0.71
22。Energy consumption for electricity production, as a percentage of primary energy consumption % 40.94 40.96

Note：Source of data is the China Electricity Council

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