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Published on: January 20, 2017

Original title: 2016年全国电力工业统计快报数据一览表
Links: Original CN (link). Same statistics for (2017) (2016) (2015) (2014) (2013) (2012) (2011) (2010) (2009) (2008) (2007) (2006).

Note: a revised and more detailed version of the 2016 statistics was published in early 2018 (link). See also the preliminary statistics for 2017 (link).

 

 

[Note: Statistics for biomass power generation are from other reports, for 2016 (link) and for 2015 (link)]

 

2016 National electric power industry statistics

Indicator				Unit	2015	2016	Year-on-Year change (±, %, pc. point)
Power production				GWh	5,693,800	5,989,700	5.2
	Hydro power			GWh	1,111,700	1,180,700	6.2
		Of which：Pumped storage		GWh	15,800	30,600	94
	Thermal power			GWh	4,186,800	4,288,600	2.4
		Of which：Coal-fired (incl. coal gangue)		GWh	3,853,900	3,905,800	1.3
		Gas		GWh	166,900	188,100	12.7
	Nuclear power			GWh	171,400	213,200	24.4
	Wind power			GWh	185,300	241,000	30.1
	Solar power			GWh	38,500	66,200	72
Total power cons.				GWh	5,637,300	5,919,800	5
	Primary industry			GWh	102,000	107,500	5.3
	Secondary industry			GWh	4,092,800	4,210,800	2.9
		Of which：Industry		GWh	4,023,100	4,138,300	2.9
			Of which：Light industry	GWh	671,900	701,600	4.4
			Heavy industry	GWh	3,351,100	3,436,700	2.6
	Tertiary industry			GWh	715,900	796,100	11.2
	Household power cons.			GWh	726,600	805,400	10.8
Installed generation capacity				MW	1,521,210	1,645,750	8.2
	Hydro power			MW	319,530	332,110	3.9
		Of which：Pumped storage		MW	23,030	26,690	15.9
	Thermal power			MW	1,000,500	1,053,880	5.3
		Of which：Coal-fired (incl. coal gangue)		MW	895,060	942,590	5.3
		Gas		MW	66,030	70,080	6.1
	Nuclear power			MW	27,170	33,640	23.8
	Wind power			MW	131,300	148,640	13.2
	Solar power			MW	42,630	77,420	81.6
Transmission line length (>220 kV)				km	607,643	642,389	5.7
	Of which：DC part			km	25,429	28,254	11.1
		Of which：±800 kV		km	10,580	12,300	16.3
		±660 kV		km	1,336	1,336	0
		±500 kV		km	11,872	12,977	9.3
		±400 kV		km	1,640	1,640	0
	Of which：AC part			km	582,213	614,135	5.5
		Of which：1000 kV		km	3,114	7,366	136.6
		750 kV		km	15,665	17,478	11.6
		500 kV		km	157,984	165,992	5.1
		330 kV		km	26,811	28,336	5.7
		220 kV		km	378,639	394,962	4.3
Public transformer capacity (>220 kV)				MVA	3,154,080	3,415,640	8.3
	Of which：DC part			MVA	183,830	213,130	15.9
		Of which：±800 kV		MVA	31,800	49,020	54.2
		±500 kV		MVA	152,030	164,110	7.9
	Of which：AC part			MVA	2,970,250	3,202,510	7.8
		Of which：1000 kV		MVA	57,000	108,000	89.5
		750 kV		MVA	108,500	127,100	17.1
		500 kV		MVA	1,068,570	1,141,630	6.8
		330 kV		MVA	93,640	98,440	5.1
		220 kV		MVA	1,642,540	1,727,340	5.2
Newly installed generation capacity				MW	131,840	120,610	-8.5
	Hydro power			MW	13,750	11,740	-14.6
		Of which：Pumped storage		MW	920	3,740	306.5
	Thermal power			MW	66,780	48,360	-27.6
		Of which：Coal-fired (incl. coal gangue)		MW	54,020	38,120	-29.4
		Gas		MW	6,960	2,620	-62.4
	Nuclear power			MW	6,120	7,200	17.7
	Wind power			MW	31,390	18,730	-40.3
	Solar power			MW	13,800	34,590	150.6
Transmission line length (>220 kV), additions				km	33,248	34,906	5
	Of which：DC part			km		2,863
		Of which：±800 kV		km		1,720
		±500 kV		km		1,143
	Of which：AC part			km	33,248	32,043	-3.6
		Of which：1000 kV		km	5	4,252	84940
		750 kV		km	1,639	1,813	10.6
		500 kV		km	7,389	7,410	0.3
		330 kV		km	2,162	1,525	-29.4
		220 kV		km	22,054	17,043	-22.7
Newly installed converter capacity				MW	2,500	26,400	956
	Of which：±800 kV			MW	2,500	16,000	540
	±500 kV			MW		10,400
Substation capacity (>220 kV), additions				MVA	219,020	243,360	11.1
	1000 kV			MVA		51,000
	750 kV			MVA	35,700	18,600	-47.9
	500 kV			MVA	88,800	77,150	-13.1
	330 kV			MVA	6,420	4,800	-25.2
	220 kV			MVA	88,100	91,810	4.2
Completed investment in electric power projects				Million RMB	857,600	885,500	3.3
	Of which：Completed investment in power generation			Million RMB	393,600	342,900	-12.9
		Of which：Hydro power		Million RMB	78,900	61,200	-22.4
		Thermal power		Million RMB	116,300	117,400	0.9
		Nuclear power		Million RMB	56,500	50,600	-10.5
		Wind power		Million RMB	120,000	89,600	-25.3
	Of which：Completed investment in power grid			Million RMB	464,000	542,600	16.9
Coal consumption, net, (as standard coal equivalent) in power plants 6 MW and above				g/kWh	315	312	-3
Power plant productivity (full load hours; 6 MW+ power plant avg.)				hours	3,988	3,785	-203
	Hydro power			hours	3,590	3,621	31
	Thermal power			hours	4,364	4,165	-199
	Nuclear power			hours	7,403	7,042	-361
	Wind power			hours	1,724	1,742	18
Transmission loss rate				%	6.62	6.47	-0.16

Note：1. Power production, total electricity consumption and generation capacity data are industry statistics totals from the China Electricity Council。
2. Wind and solar power generation and generation capacity statistics are for grid-connected capacity。
3. Due to differences in statistical standards, confirmation of moment of grid connection, and other reasons, there are certain discrepancies in data on total and newly installed generation capacity。
4. Data for Xinjiang Autonomous Region based on statistical collection methods used by the Xinjiang Electric Power Company; national totals and data over the same period last year are adjusted accordingly。
5. Completed investment data are projects included in the CEC power industry statistics for large power companies。