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2015 Q3 electricity statistics

Published on: October 22, 2015

Original title: 2015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).

2015 Q3 National electric power industry statistics

Indicator Unit Year to date YoY change (±, % or % point)
National total power production GWh 4,199,000 0.1
Of which: Hydropower GWh 747,200 3.5
Thermal power GWh 3,153,200 -2.2
Nuclear power GWh 126,200 32.4
Wind power GWh 133,500 23.5
National total power consumption GWh 4,134,400 0.8
Of which: primary industry power cons. GWh 80,600 2.7
Secondary industry power cons. GWh 2,955,900 -1
Of which: industrial power cons. GWh 2,903,900 -0.9
Of which: light industry power cons. GWh 500,900 1.6
Heavy industry power cons. GWh 2,402,900 -1.5
Tertiary industry power cons. GWh 540,600 7.3
Household power cons. GWh 557,300 4.6
Total installed capacity (units >6MW) MW 1,385,260 9.4
Of which: Hydropower MW 273,800 6.2
Thermal power MW 947,220 6.8
Nuclear power MW 24,140 35.8
Wind power MW 108,850 28.3
Coal cons. (avg.) g/kWh 317.0 -2.1
Transmission and distribution losses % 6.00 -0.3
National heat supply TJ 2,396,110 9.1
Coal consumed for national heat supply kt 137,160 6.3
National power supply GWh 3,619,600 -0.01
National power sales GWh 3,402,600 0.3
National transmission and distribution losses GWh 217,000 -4.3
Full load hours (national avg.) hours 2,972 -232
Of which:Hydro power hours 2,639 -84
Thermal power hours 3,247 -265
Nuclear power hours 5,525 19
Wind power hours 1,317 -23
Power plant own consumption (nat. avg.) % 5.20 0.1
Of which:Hydro power % 0.40 0.06
Thermal power % 6.20 0.1
Completed investment in power projects Million RMB 223,100 5.6
Of which:Hydro power Million RMB 44,500 -22.2
Thermal power Million RMB 72,100 25.7
Nuclear power Million RMB 33,400 -11.5
Completed investment in power grid construction projects Million RMB 271,100 2.9
Installed generation capacity, additions MW 74,290 2179
Of which:Hydro power MW 10,850 -480
Thermal power MW 39,550 1375
New 220 kV and above substation equipment capacity (AC) MVA 174,820 -825
Network length (>220 kV), additions km 26,057 -2619

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

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