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2011 detailed electricity statistics

Published on: June 6, 2012

Original title: 2011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 2011

			Unit	2010	2011	YoY increase (%)
1。Installed generation capacity			MW	966,413	1,062,532	9.95
	Hydro power		MW	216,057	232,979	7.83
		Of which：Pumped storage	MW	16,930	18,383	8.58
	Thermal power		MW	709,672	768,340	8.27
	Nuclear power		MW	10,824	12,570	16.13
	Wind power		MW	29,575	46,233	56.32
	Solar power		MW	256	2,224	768
	Geothermal, tidal and other		MW	28.1	28.1
Generation by thermal power plants 6 MW and above			MW	703,911	763,024	8.4
	Coal fired		MW	646,606	696,336	7.69
	Coal gangue		MW	8,368	12,948	54.73
	Oil		MW	8,780	3,278	-62.66
	Gas		MW	26,440	34,150	29.16
	Biomass power		MW	3,410	5,590	63.93
	Waste heat, pressure, gas etc		MW	10,071	10,716	6.4
2。Retired and closed down thermal power capacity			MW	13,052	9,545	-26.87
3。Newly installed power generation capacity			MW	91,240	94,357	3.42
	Hydro power		MW	16,429	12,828	-21.92
		Of which：Pumped storage	MW	2,400	1,750	-27.08
	Thermal power		MW	58,306	62,413	7.05
		Of which：Coal fired	MW	54,258	56,536	4.2
		Gas	MW	1,235	2,366	91.61
		Coal gangue	MW	1,301	1,830	40.62
		Biomass power	MW	570	910	59.65
		Waste heat, pressure, gas etc	MW	818	770	-5.81
	Nuclear power		MW	1,737	1,747	0.58
	Wind power		MW	14,573	15,278	4.83
	Solar power		MW	195	1,960	905.64
	Geothermal, tidal and other		MW	1
4。Power plants under construction at end of the year			MW	183,389	170,841	-6.84
	Hydro power		MW	65,511	71,206	8.69
	Thermal power		MW	74,001	55,583	-24.89
	Nuclear power		MW	33,954	33,467	-1.43
	Wind power		MW	9,665	10,471	8.33
5。Newly added transmission line length, 110 kV and above			km	76,574	66,903	-12.63
	1000 kV		km		1.4
	±800 kV		km	1,907
	750 kV		km	4,491	2,740	-38.99
	±660 kV		km	1,335
	500 kV		km	10,793	7,331	-32.08
	Of which: ±500 kV		km	3,189
	±400 kV		km		1,038
	330 kV		km	1,699	965	-43.19
	220 kV		km	24,499	24,129	-1.51
	110 kV (includes 66 kV)		km	31,850	30,698	-3.62
6。Newly added substation capacity, 110 kV and above			MVA	353,346	305,931	-13.42
	Of which：1000 kV		MVA		12,000
	750 kV		MVA	19,200	16,600	-13.54
	500 kV		MVA	94,950	58,650	-38.23
	330 kV		MVA	9,600	6,140	-36.04
	220 kV		MVA	134,379	120,317	-10.46
	110 kV		MVA	95,217	92,224	-3.14
7。Unit capacity in multi-generator power plants, of capacity of 6 MW and above
	Hydro power：Single unit capacity		MW/unit	56.14	56.59	0.45
	Number of units in fleet		Unit	3,097	3,328	231
	Fleet capacity		MW	173,868	188,337	14469
	Thermal power：Single unit capacity		MW/unit	108.82	114.05	5.23
	Number of units in fleet		Unit	6,373	6,595	222
	Fleet capacity		MW	693,493	752,154	58661
8。35 kV and above transmission line length			km	1,337,076	1,409,698	5.43
	Of which: 1000 kV		km	638	639	0.22
	±800 kV		km	3,334	3,334
	750 kV		km	6,685	10,005	49.66
	±660 kV		km	1,400	1,400
	500 kV		km	135,180	140,263	3.76
	Of which: ±500 kV		km	8,081	9,174	13.53
	±400 kV		km		1,051
	330 kV		km	20,338	22,267	9.48
	220 kV		km	277,988	295,978	6.47
	110 kV		km	458,477	491,322	7.16
	35 kV		km	432,668	443,440	2.49
9。35 kV and above converter substation capacity (AC)			MVA	3,617,420	3,978,110	9.97
	Of which: 1000 kV		MVA	6,000	18,000	200
	750 kV		MVA	38,700	51,100	32.04
	500 kV		MVA	698,430	760,980	8.96
	330 kV		MVA	64,570	72,910	12.92
	220 kV		MVA	1,182,470	1,305,310	10.39
	110 kV		MVA	1,252,240	1,377,690	10.02
	35 kV		MVA	375,010	392,120	4.56
10。Invetsment in electric power projects completed over the year			Million RMB	741,747	761,396	2.65
1. Power plant investment			Million RMB	396,936	392,740	-1.06
	Of which：Hydro power		Million RMB	81,918	97,053	18.48
	Thermal power		Million RMB	142,614	113,332	-20.53
	Nuclear power		Million RMB	64,757	76,396	17.97
	Wind power		Million RMB	103,755	90,243	-13.02
	Solar power		Million RMB	2,760	12,057	336.86
	Geothermal, tidal and other		Million RMB	12.6	200	1486.04
2. Electric grid investment			Million RMB	344,810	368,657	6.92
Transmission and distribution			Million RMB	333,845	349,752	4.76
	Of which：Direct current		Million RMB	28,354	22,207	-21.68
		±800 kV	Million RMB	11,605	10,736	-7.5
		±660 kV	Million RMB	7,140	2,103	-70.54
		±500 kV	Million RMB	8,146	4,648	-42.95
		±400 kV	Million RMB	1,462	4,720	222.78
	Of which：Alternating current		Million RMB	305,492	327,545	7.22
		1000 kV	Million RMB	197	5,346	2613.46
		750 kV	Million RMB	17,385	8,090	-53.46
		500 kV	Million RMB	44,413	36,371	-18.11
		330 kV	Million RMB	3,725	1,952	-47.61
		220 kV	Million RMB	108,316	108,583	0.25
		110 kV and below	Million RMB	131,455	79,003	-39.9
	Other (including small-scale infrastructure)		Million RMB	10,965	18,905	72.42
11。Power production			GWh	4,227,771	4,730,582	11.89
	Hydro power		GWh	686,736	668,112	-2.71
		Of which：Pumped storage	GWh	10,789	10,855	0.61
	Thermal power		GWh	3,416,628	3,900,339	14.16
	Nuclear power		GWh	74,742	87,201	16.67
	Wind power		GWh	49,400	74,055	49.91
	Solar power		GWh	121	679	459.47
	Geothermal, tidal and other		GWh	143	145	1.01
Generation by thermal power plants 6 MW and above			GWh	3,408,611	3,889,253	14.1
	Of which：Coal fired		GWh	3,216,269	3,628,947	12.83
	Coal gangue		GWh	36,100	67,197	86.14
	Oil		GWh	16,189	5,883	-63.66
	Gas		GWh	77,727	108,800	39.98
	Biomass power		GWh	16,100	23,300	44.72
	Waste heat, pressure, gas etc		GWh	45,599	55,190	21.03
12。Heat supply from thermal power plants 6 MW and above			TJ	2,807,600	2,978,593	6.09
13。Coal consumption, net, (as standard coal equivalent) in power plants 6 MW and above			g/kWh	333.31	329.15	-4
14。Coal consumption, gross, (as standard coal equivalent) in power plants 6 MW and above			g/kWh	311.84	308.38	-3
15。Power plant own consumption, plants 6 MW and above			%	5.43	5.39	-0.05
	Hydro power		%	0.33	0.36	0.02
	Thermal power		%	6.33	6.23	-0.11
16。Productivity, as full-load hours, for plants 6 MW and above			hours	4,650	4,730	80
	Hydro power		hours	3,404	3,019	-385
		Of which：Pumped storage	hours	720	619	-101
	Thermal power		hours	5,031	5,305	274
	Nuclear power		hours	7,840	7,759	-81
	Wind power		hours	2,047	1,875	-172
17。Electricity supply, consumption, and transmission losses
	Electricity supply		GWh	3,804,172	4,276,813	12.42
	Electricity consumption		GWh	3,555,632	3,997,967	12.44
	Transmission losses		GWh	248,539	278,846	12.19
	Transmission loss rate		%	6.53	6.52	-0.01
18。Total power cons.			GWh	4,199,882	4,702,589	11.97
A. Industrial power consumption			GWh	3,690,487	4,140,583	12.2
	Primary industry		GWh	97,649	101,290	3.73
	Secondary industry		GWh	3,145,001	3,528,838	12.2
		Of which: industry	GWh	3,096,677	3,471,655	12.11
		----1. Light industry	GWh	533,623	583,130	9.28
		----2. Heavy industry	GWh	2,563,053	2,888,525	12.7
	Tertiary industry		GWh	447,836	510,455	13.98
B. Residential electricity consumption			GWh	509,396	562,006	10.33
	Of which: urban residential consumption		GWh	295,987	320,200	8.18
	Rural residents		GWh	213,409	241,806	13.31
19。Fuel consumption, power plants 6 MW and above
	Standard coal eq. consumed for electric power production		kt	1,020,062	1,143,999	12.15
	Raw coal consumed for electric power production		kt	1,589,709	1,823,817	14.73
	Standard coal eq. consumed for heat production		kt	111,716	118,544	6.11
	Raw coal consumed for heat production		kt	167,694	182,616	8.9
19。Thermal power plant conversion efficiency (plants 6 MW and above)
	Power generation efficiency		%	40.65	41.34	0.7
	Heat generation efficiency		%	85.75	85.73	-0.02
	Overall conversion efficiency		%	43.97	44.37	0.4
20。Ratio of capacity of generation : consumption
	Total generation capacity：Total capacity of power consuming equipment			1∶3.18	1∶3.31
21。Elasticities of power supply and demand
	Elasticity of power supply			1.44	1.29	-0.15
	Elasticity of power demand			1.43	1.3	-0.13