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Published on: November 7, 2013

Original title: 2012年电力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 2012

			Unit	2011	2012	YoY increase (%)
1。Power production			GWh	4,730,600	4,986,526	5.41
	Hydro power		GWh	668,100	855,552	28.06
		Of which：Pumped storage	GWh	10,900	9,313	-14.56
	Thermal power		GWh	3,900,300	3,925,534	0.65
	Nuclear power		GWh	87,200	98,318	12.75
	Wind power		GWh	74,055	103,050	39.15
	Solar power		GWh	605	3,595	494.22
	Other		GWh	220	478	117.2
Generation by thermal power plants 6 MW and above			GWh	3,889,300	3,916,003	0.69
	Coal fired		GWh	3,696,100	3,710,400	0.38
		Of which：Coal gangue power generation	GWh	67,200	74,600	11.02
	Oil		GWh	5,900	5,400	-9.01
	Gas		GWh	108,767	109,195	0.39
		Of which：Coal bed methane power generation	GWh	1,750	1,457	-16.74
	Other		GWh	78,459	91,086	16.09
		Of which：Waste heat, waste gas, waste pressure power generation	GWh	55,190	59,438	7.7
		Waste incineration power generation	GWh	9,723	12,035	23.78
		Crop stalk, bagasse, and forestry residue based power generation	GWh	13,547	19,613	44.78
2。Total power cons.			GWh	4,702,209	4,965,653	5.6
A. Industrial power consumption			GWh	4,140,085	4,342,883	4.9
	Primary industry		GWh	101,386	100,251	-1.12
	Secondary industry		GWh	3,528,206	3,673,331	4.11
		Of which: industry	GWh	3,471,034	3,612,200	4.07
		---- Of which：Light industry	GWh	582,494	611,370	4.96
		---- Of which：Heavy industry	GWh	2,888,540	3,000,829	3.89
	Tertiary industry		GWh	510,492	569,301	11.52
B. Residential electricity consumption			GWh	562,124	622,770	10.79
	Of which: urban residential consumption		GWh	320,200	356,207	11.25
	Rural residents		GWh	241,924	266,563	10.18
3。Installed generation capacity			MW	1,062,530	1,146,764	7.93
	Hydro power		MW	232,980	249,470	7.08
		Of which：Pumped storage	MW	18,380	20,330	10.61
	Thermal power		MW	768,340	819,685	6.68
	Nuclear power		MW	12,570	12,570
	Wind power		MW	46,230	61,423	32.86
	Solar power		MW	2,120	3,411	60.63
	Other		MW	190	204.9	7.84
Generation capacity of thermal power plants 6 MW and above			MW	763,020	814,259	6.71
	Coal fired		MW	709,290	753,820	6.28
		Of which：Coal gangue power generation	MW	12,950	15,740	21.54
	Oil		MW	3,280	3,010	-8.23
	Gas		MW	34,154	37,173	8.84
		Of which：Coal bed methane power generation	MW	381	290	-23.92
	Other		MW	16,307	20,253	24.19
		Of which：Waste heat, waste gas, waste pressure power generation	MW	10,716	12,562	17.23
		Waste incineration power generation	MW	2,097	2,515	19.91
		Crop stalk, bagasse, and forestry residue based power generation	MW	3,494	5,176	48.12
4。35 kV and above transmission line length			km	1,409,698	1,479,963	4.98
	1000 kV		km	639	639
	±800 kV		km	3,334	5,466	63.96
	750 kV		km	10,005	10,088	0.83
	±660 kV		km	1,400	1,400
	500 kV		km	140,263	146,250	4.27
	Of which: ±500 kV		km	8,837	9,145	3.49
	±400 kV		km	1,051	1,051
	330 kV		km	22,267	22,701	1.95
	220 kV		km	295,978	318,217	7.51
	110 kV (includes 66 kV)		km	491,322	517,983	5.43
	35 kV		km	443,440	456,168	2.87
5。35 kV and above substation capacity			MVA	4,083,980	4,458,990	9.18
	1000 kV		MVA	18,000	18,000
	±800 kV		MVA	26,690	43,596	63.34
	750 kV		MVA	53,200	53,200
	±660 kV		MVA	9,460	9,460
	500 kV		MVA	821,090	906,255	10.37
	Of which: ±500 kV		MVA	60,110	72,297	20.27
	±400 kV		MVA	710	1,412	98.86
	330 kV		MVA	74,240	77,143	3.91
	220 kV		MVA	1,310,600	1,442,285	10.05
	110 kV (includes 66 kV)		MVA	1,377,760	1,492,306	8.31
	35 kV		MVA	392,230	415,339	5.89
6。Newly installed generation capacity			MW	94,360	83,150	-11.88
	Hydro power		MW	12,830	16,760	30.63
		Of which：Pumped storage	MW	1,750	1,650	-5.71
	Thermal power		MW	62,410	52,360	-16.1
		Of which：Coal fired	MW	58,366	47,880	-17.97
		---- Of which：Coal gangue power generation	MW	1,830	1,560	-14.75
		Oil	MW
		Gas	MW	2,366	2,470	4.38
		---- Of which：Coal bed methane power generation	MW		5
	Other		MW	1,681	2,010	19.57
		Of which：Waste heat, gas and pressure	MW	770	1,045	35.72
		Waste incineration power generation	MW	257	200	-22.04
		Crop stalk, bagasse, and forestry residue based power generation	MW	654	752	14.98
	Nuclear power		MW	1,750
	Wind power		MW	15,280	12,960	-15.18
	Solar power		MW	1,960	1,073	-45.23
	Other		MW	131
7。Retired and closed down thermal power capacity			MW	9,550	6,158	-35.52
8。Power generation projects under construction (at year end) by main power companies			MW	170,840	162,350	-4.97
	Hydro power		MW	71,210	66,480	-6.64
	Thermal power		MW	55,580	51,660	-7.05
	Nuclear power		MW	33,470	33,830	1.08
	Wind power		MW	10,470	9,713	-7.23
9。Newly installed transmission line length, 110 kV and above			km	66,903	66,269	-0.95
	1000 kV		km	1.4
	±800 kV		km		2,090
	750 kV		km	2,740	741	-72.96
	±660 kV		km
	500 kV		km	7,331	4,747	-35.24
	Of which: ±500 kV		km
	±400 kV		km	1,038
	330 kV		km	965	219	-77.32
	220 kV		km	24,129	26,431	9.54
	110 kV (includes 66 kV)		km	30,698	32,040	4.37
10。Newly installed substation capacity, 110 kV and above			MVA	317,130	288,354	-9.07
	1000 kV		MVA	12,000
	±800 kV		MVA		14,400
	750 kV		MVA	16,600
	±660 kV		MVA	4,000
	500 kV		MVA	64,650	76,500	18.33
	Of which: ±500 kV		MVA	6,000	4,500	-25
	±400 kV		MVA	1,200
	330 kV		MVA	6,140	3,720	-39.41
	220 kV		MVA	120,317	112,690	-6.34
	110 kV (includes 66 kV)		MVA	92,224	99,944	8.37
11。Completed investment			Million RMB	761,396	739,282	-2.9
1. Power plant investment			Million RMB	392,740	373,182	-4.98
	Hydro power		Million RMB	97,053	123,878	27.64
	Thermal power		Million RMB	113,332	100,248	-11.55
	Nuclear power		Million RMB	76,396	78,448	2.69
	Wind power		Million RMB	90,243	60,737	-32.7
	Solar power		Million RMB	15,466	9,870	-36.18
	Other		Million RMB	248.5
2. Electric grid investment			Million RMB	368,657	366,100	-0.69
	Transmission and distribution		Million RMB	349,752	345,800	-1.13
		Of which：Direct current	Million RMB	22,207	27,800	25.19
		Alternating current	Million RMB	327,545	318,031	-2.9
	Other		Million RMB	18,905	20,300	7.38
12。Unit capacity in multi-generator power plants, of capacity of 6 MW and above
	Hydro power：Single unit capacity		MW/unit	56.6	57.73	0.11
	Number of units in fleet		Unit	3,328	3,530	202
	Fleet capacity		MW	188,340	203,770	1543
	Thermal power：Single unit capacity		MW/unit	114	118	0.4
	Number of units in fleet		Unit	6,595	6,805	210
	Fleet capacity		MW	752,150	803,023	5087
13。Heat supply from thermal power plants 6 MW and above			TJ	2,978,590	3,077,492	3.32
14。Coal consumption, gross, (as standard coal equivalent) in power plants 6 MW and above			g/kWh	308	304.81	-3
15。Coal consumption, net, (as standard coal equivalent) in power plants 6 MW and above			g/kWh	329	324.63	-4
16。Power plant own consumption, plants 6 MW and above			%	5.39	5.1	-0.29
	Hydro power		%	0.36	0.33	-0.03
	Thermal power		%	6.23	6.08	-0.15
17。Power plant productivity (full load hours; 6 MW+ power plant avg.)			hours	4,730	4,579	-151
	Hydro power		hours	3,019	3,591	572
——	——	Of which：Pumped storage	hours	619	592	-27
	Thermal power		hours	5,305	4,982	-323
	Nuclear power		hours	7,759	7,855	96
	Wind power		hours	1,875	1,929	54
18。Fuel consumption, power plants 6 MW and above
	Standard coal eq. consumed for electric power production		kt	1,144,000	1,147,705	0.32
	Raw coal consumed for electric power production		kt	1,823,820	1,789,681	-1.87
	Standard coal eq. consumed for heat production		kt	118,540	122,474	3.32
	Raw coal consumed for heat production		kt	182,620	184,467	1.01
19。Thermal power plant conversion efficiency (plants 6 MW and above)
	Power generation efficiency		%	41.76	41.91	0.15
	Heat generation efficiency		%	85.74	85.74
	Overall conversion efficiency		%	44.37	45.03	0.66
20。Electricity supply, consumption, and transmission losses
	Electricity supply		GWh	4,276,813	4,479,800	4.75
	Electricity consumption		GWh	3,997,967	4,178,100	4.51
	Transmission losses		GWh	278,846	301,800	8.23
	Transmission loss rate		%	6.52	6.74	0.22
21。Ratio of capacity of generation : consumption
	Installed generation capacity：Total capacity of power consuming equipment			1∶3.31	1∶3.47
22。Elasticities of power supply and demand
	Elasticity of power supply			1.28	0.69	-0.58
	Elasticity of power demand			1.29	0.72	-0.57

Note：1. New installations of biomass power were 990 MW in 2012, an increase of 8.51% compared with last year；by year end 2012, total installed capacity of biomass power plants with a capacity of 6 MW and above was 7.69 GW, an increase of 37.57%；power production in biomass power plants of 6 MW and above was 31.6 TWh over 2012, an increase of 35.62% compared with last year；
2. This year's statistics for 35 kV and above transformer substation capacity includes converter capacity and transformer capacity at both ends; values for 2011 have been recalculated accordingly。