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2012 Q3 electricity statistics

Published on: October 22, 2012

Original title: 2012年1-9月全国电力工业统计数据一览表
Links: Original source (in Chinese) (link). Same statistics for (Q3 2016) (Q3 2015) (Q3 2014) (Q3 2013) (Q3 2012) (Q3 2011) (Q3 2010) (Q3 2009).

2012 Q3 National electric power industry statistics

Indicator			Unit	Year to date	YoY change (±, % or % point)
National total power production			GWh	3,583,400	3.6
	Of which: Hydropower		GWh	573,200	24.3
	Thermal power		GWh	2,815,400	-0.2
	Nuclear power		GWh	72,000	10.7
National total power consumption			GWh	3,688,200	4.8
	Of which: primary industry power cons.		GWh	79,500	-0.3
	Secondary industry power cons.		GWh	2,702,300	2.9
—	—	Of which: industrial power cons.	GWh	2,657,800	2.9
		Of which: light industry power cons.	GWh	451,800	4.4
		Heavy industry power cons.	GWh	2,206,000	2.6
	Tertiary industry power cons.		GWh	428,500	11.3
	Household power cons.		GWh	477,900	11.6
Total installed capacity (units >6MW)			MW	1,063,460	8.7
	Of which: Hydropower		MW	205,330	7.1
	Thermal power		MW	787,440	7.3
	Nuclear power		MW	12,570	5.6
Coal cons. (avg.)			g/kWh	325.0	-4
Transmission and distribution losses			%	6.11	0.06
National heat supply			TJ	2,091,060	5.1
Coal consumed for national heat supply			kt	126,570	4.9
National power supply			GWh	3,329,800	4.6
National power sales			GWh	3,126,300	4.5
National transmission and distribution losses			GWh	203,500	5.7
Full load hours (national avg.)			hours	3,439	-151
	Of which：Hydro power		hours	2,788	416
	Thermal power		hours	3,707	-269
Power plant own consumption (nat. avg.)			%	5.27	-0.11
	Of which：Hydro power		%	0.38	-0.01
	Thermal power		%	6.20	-0.11
Completed investment in power projects			Million RMB	233,700
	Of which：Hydro power		Million RMB	82,100
	Thermal power		Million RMB	63,100
	Nuclear power		Million RMB	51,900
Completed investment in power grid construction projects			Million RMB	229,700
Installed generation capacity, additions			MW	41,380
	Of which：Hydro power		MW	9,370
	Thermal power		MW	25,820
New 220 kV and above substation equipment capacity (AC)			MVA	135,560
Network length (>220 kV), additions			km	24,101

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