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2016 National renewable power development monitoring and evaluation report
Original title: 国家能源局关于2016年度全国可再生能源电力发展监测评价的通报
Links: Original source (in Chinese) (link). Same report for 2015 (link). Documents referred to in below text:
“Guiding opinions on the establishment of a target setting system for the development and utilization of renewable energy (NEA [2016] No. 54)” (link);
“Circular on administrative tasks for the guaranteed full purchase of electricity from wind and PV power generation (NDRC [2016] No. 1150)” (link).
National Energy Administration, Dept. for new and renewable energy [2017] No. 97
National Energy Administration
Circular on the publication of the 2016 National renewable power development monitoring and evaluation report
Development and Reform Commissions (Energy Administrations) of provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), State Grid Corporation, China Southern Power Grid Company, Inner Mongolia Electric Power Company, and other relevant units：
In order to promote the development and utilization of renewable energy, scientifically assess the local development of renewable energy in different, and to ensure the strategic objective of reaching 15% and 20% of non-fossil fuels in national primary energy consumption by 2020, and 2030, respectively; in accordance with the "National Energy Administration's Guiding opinions on the establishment of a target setting system for the development and utilization of renewable energy (NEA, Dept. for new and renewable energy [2016] No. 54)" and the "Circular on administrative tasks for the guaranteed full purchase of electricity from wind and PV power generation (National Development and Reform Commission, Dept. of Energy [2016] No. 1150)" the NEA commissioned the National Renewable Energy Center to compile monitoring data on the construction and operation of renewable power generation, and created the "2016 National renewable power development monitoring and evaluation report" (hereinafter referred to as the monitoring and evaluation report)。
Notice is hereby given of the monitoring and evaluation report, which serves as basic data on local renewable energy development and construction and grid operation. Relevant local authorities and units are asked to attach great importance to their tasks for the development of renewable power generation and the guaranteed full purchase of renewable electricity, to take effective measures to increase the level of utilization of renewable electricity, and make an active contribution to attaining the national target for the share of non-fossil energy in total energy consumption。
Annex：2016 National renewable power development monitoring and evaluation report
National Energy Administration
April 10, 2017
Annex：
2016 National renewable power development monitoring and evaluation report
1. National renewable power development - overall situation
By the end of 2016, total national installed renewable electricity generation was 570 GW, accounting for 34.6% of total installed generation capacity. Of this, 332 GW were installations of hydropower, accounting for 20.2% of total installed generation capacity；149 GW were installations of wind power, accounting for 9.0% of total installed generation capacity；77.42 GW were installations of PV, accounting for 4.7% of total installed generation capacity；12.14 GW were installations of biomass power, accounting for 0.7% of total installed generation capacity。
2. Provincial (autonomous regions, municipalities) renewable electricity consumption
In 2016, total renewable electricity consumption, including hydropower, amounted to 1505.8 TWh, accounting for 25.4% of total electricity consumption, a year-on-year increase of 0.9 percentage points。Taking into account the local production, local consumption, and inter-provincial transmission for each of the provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities), the share of renewable electricity consumption in different provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) in 2016 was as follows：
Table 1. 2016 renewable electricity consumption by province (autonomous region, municipality)
| Province (autonomous region, municipality) | Renewable electricity consumption (GWh) | Renewable electricity consumption (%) | Year-on-year increase, percentage points |
| Beijing | 10,700 | 10.5% | 2.0 |
| Tianjin | 7,500 | 9.3% | 1.5 |
| Hebei | 33,500 | 10.3% | 2.1 |
| Shanxi | 21,800 | 12.1% | 3.3 |
| Inner Mongolia | 42,800 | 16.4% | 2.5 |
| Liaoning | 25,900 | 12.7% | 2.8 |
| Jilin | 13,800 | 20.7% | 4.7 |
| Heilongjiang | 14,100 | 15.7% | 2.0 |
| Shanghai | 48,400 | 32.6% | 2.8 |
| Jiangsu | 69,900 | 12.8% | 1.1 |
| Zhejiang | 77,200 | 19.9% | 1.4 |
| Anhui | 22,100 | 12.3% | 2.7 |
| Fujian | 70,400 | 35.8% | 8.6 |
| Jiangxi | 32,200 | 27.2% | 2.8 |
| Shandong | 32,700 | 6.1% | 0.8 |
| Henan | 31,100 | 10.4% | 1.3 |
| Hubei | 67,800 | 38.4% | 1.4 |
| Hunan | 74,300 | 49.7% | 3.3 |
| Guangdong | 190,200 | 33.9% | 0.8 |
| Guangxi | 67,800 | 49.9% | -7.8 |
| Hainan | 3,500 | 12.3% | 2.5 |
| Chongqing | 44,700 | 48.7% | -0.7 |
| Sichuan | 174,500 | 83.1% | 4.0 |
| Guizhou | 51,200 | 41.2% | 2.9 |
| Yunnan | 114,700 | 81.3% | 0.5 |
| Tibet | 4,200 | 84.9% | 0.5 |
| Shaanxi | 13,500 | 10.1% | -3.3 |
| Gansu | 45,700 | 42.9% | 0.5 |
| Qinghai | 39,800 | 62.4% | -7.6 |
| Ningxia | 18,700 | 21.1% | 5.5 |
| Xinjiang | 41,000 | 22.9% | 0.3 |
| National | 1,505,800 | 25.4% | 0.9 |
3. Provincial (autonomous regions, municipalities) non-hydro renewable electricity consumption status
In 2016, total non-hydro renewable eletricity consumption amounted to 371.7 TWh, accounting for 6.3% of total electricity consumption, a year-on-year increase of 1.3 percentage points。Taking into account the local production, local consumption, and inter-provincial transmission for each of the provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities), the share of non-hydro renewable electricity consumption in different provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) in 2016 was as listed in Table 2。
The share of non-hydropower electricity consumption grew relatively fast in Yunnan, Ningxia, and Qinghai, with increases of 7.4, 5.7 and 4.8 percentage points, respectively。In terms of distance to target for the share of non-hydro renewable electricity consumption in 2020, Qinghai, Ningxia, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, Jilin and Shanxi have reached their 2020 targets; Guizhou, Gansu, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region are close to achieving their targets; Shaanxi, Hainan, Guangdong, Liaoning and Shandong are far removed from achieving their 2020 target。
Table 2. 2016 non-hydro renewable electricity consumption by province (autonomous region, municipality)
| Province (autonomous region, municipality) | Non-hydro renewable electricity consumption (GWh) | Non-hydro renewable electricity consumption (%) | Year-on-year increase, percentage points | 2020 Non-hydro renewable electricity share target | Distance to 2020 target (perc. point) |
| Qinghai | 11,700 | 18.3% | 4.8 | 10% | +8.3 |
| Ningxia | 16,900 | 19.1% | 5.7 | 13% | +6.1 |
| Yunnan | 17,600 | 12.5% | 7.4 | 10% | +2.5 |
| Inner Mongolia | 39,800 | 15.3% | 3.3 | 13% | +2.3 |
| Jilin | 9,100 | 13.7% | 1.5 | 13% | +0.7 |
| Shanxi | 17,900 | 10.0% | 3.0 | 10% | 0.0 |
| Guizhou | 5,700 | 4.6% | 2.6 | 5% | -0.4 |
| Gansu | 13,300 | 12.5% | 1.1 | 13% | -0.5 |
| Heilongjiang | 11,100 | 12.4% | 1.3 | 13% | -0.6 |
| Anhui | 11,000 | 6.1% | 2.2 | 7% | -0.9 |
| Hebei | 29,300 | 9.0% | 1.4 | 10% | -1.0 |
| Beijing | 9,100 | 9.0% | 1.4 | 10% | -1.0 |
| Tianjin | 7,200 | 9.0% | 1.4 | 10% | -1.0 |
| Jiangxi | 4,400 | 3.8% | 1.6 | 5% | -1.2 |
| Xinjiang | 19,900 | 11.1% | 0.6 | 13% | -1.9 |
| Hubei | 8,300 | 4.7% | 1.0 | 7% | -2.3 |
| Henan | 13,200 | 4.4% | 2.1 | 7% | -2.6 |
| Sichuan | 4,800 | 2.3% | 0.9 | 5% | -2.7 |
| Jiangsu | 22,700 | 4.2% | 0.9 | 7% | -2.8 |
| Tibet | 500 | 10.1% | 1.9 | 13% | -2.9 |
| Hunan | 6,200 | 4.1% | 1.3 | 7% | -2.9 |
| Shanghai | 3,000 | 2.0% | 0.4 | 5% | -3.0 |
| Fujian | 7,400 | 3.7% | 0.3 | 7% | -3.3 |
| Chongqing | 1,500 | 1.6% | 0.2 | 5% | -3.4 |
| Zhejiang | 13,800 | 3.6% | 1.2 | 7% | -3.4 |
| Guangxi | 1,800 | 1.3% | 0.3 | 5% | -3.7 |
| Shandong | 30,200 | 5.6% | 0.6 | 10% | -4.4 |
| Liaoning | 17,500 | 8.6% | 0.9 | 13% | -4.4 |
| Guangdong | 10,400 | 1.9% | 0.1 | 7% | -5.1 |
| Hainan | 1,300 | 4.5% | 0.5 | 10% | -5.5 |
| Shaanxi | 5,000 | 3.8% | 1.1 | 10% | -6.2 |
| National | 371,700 | 6.3% | 1.3 | 9% | -2.7 |
Note：The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Liaoning, Shaanxi have the conditions to accept electricity from areas that have exceeded their 2020 non-hydro electricity share target; the potential of existing inter-provincial or inter-regional transmission lines in non-hydro renewable electricity transmission is not yet being fully utilized。
4. Implementation of the guaranteed purchase of wind and PV electricity generation
In 2016, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration, in accordance with requirements by the "Renewable Energy Law", have approved minimum guaranteed purchases of full-load hours for wind power and PV power generation in key areas, and put forward relevant requirements for their guaranteed full purchase。
In 2016, Liaoning, Hebei and Shanxi have met the required minimum number of guaranteed purchases of full-load hours for wind power; Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces (regions) did not. Of these, the difference between the minimum guaranteed number of hours and actual utilization hours, exceeded 480 hours in all of the province of Gansu, in class III resource areas in Xinjiang, and in class III resource areas in Jilin.。
In 2016, Shanxi and Heilongjiang met the required minimum number of guaranteed purchases of full-load hours for PV power; Class I resource areas in Inner Mongolia and Qinghai, Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Jilin, Liaoning and Hebei and other regions did not. Of these, the difference between the minimum guaranteed number of hours and actual utilization hours, exceeded 350 hours in Xinjiang and Gansu。
Table 3. 2016 Implementation of minimum guaranteed purchases of annual full-load hours in key wind power areas
| Province (region) | Resource category area | Area | Guaranteed purchase
Full-load hours |
Actual use
Hours |
Difference | |
| Hours | Percentage | |||||
| Inner Mongolia | Class Ⅰ | Areas other than Chifeng, Tongliao, Xing'an League, Hulunbeier | 2000 | 1938 | -62 | -3.1% |
| Class Ⅱ | Chifeng, Tongliao, Xing'an League, Hulunbeier | 1900 | 1724 | -176 | -9.3% | |
| Xinjiang | Class Ⅰ | Urumqi, Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Karamay, Shihezi | 1900 | 1723 | -177 | -9.3% |
| Class Ⅲ | Areas other than Urumqi, Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Karamay, Shihezi | 1800 | 1209 | -591 | -32.8% | |
| Gansu | Class Ⅱ | Jiayuguan, Jiuquan | 1800 | 1045 | -755 | -41.9% |
| Class Ⅲ | Areas other than Jiayuguan, Jiuquan | 1800 | 1179 | -621 | -34.5% | |
| Ningxia | Class Ⅲ | Ningxia | 1850 | 1553 | -297 | -16.1% |
| Heilongjiang | Class Ⅲ | Jixi, Shuangyashan, Qitaihe, Suihua, Yichun, Daxing'anling prefecture | 1900 | 1703 | -197 | -10.4% |
| Class Ⅳ | Heilongjiang: other areas | 1850 | 1652 | -198 | -10.7% | |
| Jilin | Class Ⅲ | Baicheng, Songyuan | 1800 | 1317 | -483 | -26.8% |
| Class Ⅳ | Jilin: other areas | 1800 | 1454 | -346 | -19.2% | |
| Liaoning | Class Ⅳ | Liaoning | 1850 | 1928 | 78 | |
| Hebei | Class Ⅱ | Zhangjiakou | 2000 | 2054 | 54 | |
| Shanxi | Class Ⅳ | Xinzhou, Shuozhou, Datong | 1900 | 1926 | 26 | |
Table 4. 2016 Implementation of minimum guaranteed purchases of annual full-load hours in key PV power areas
| Province (region) | Resource category area | Area | Guaranteed purchase
Full-load hours |
Actual use
Hours |
Difference | |
| Hours | Percentage | |||||
| Inner Mongolia | Class Ⅰ | Areas other than Chifeng, Tongliao, Xing'an League, Hulunbeier | 1500 | 1476 | -24 | -1.6% |
| Class Ⅱ | Chifeng, Tongliao, Xing'an League, Hulunbeier | 1400 | 1505 | 105 | ||
| Xinjiang | Class Ⅰ | Hami, Tacheng, Altay, Karamay | 1500 | 956 | -544 | -36.3% |
| Class Ⅱ | Areas outside of Class Ⅰ areas | 1350 | 853 | -497 | -36.8% | |
| Gansu | Class Ⅰ | Jiayuguan, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Jinchang | 1500 | 995 | -505 | -33.7% |
| Class Ⅱ | Areas outside of Class Ⅰ areas | 1400 | 1041 | -359 | -25.6% | |
| Qinghai | Class Ⅰ | Haixi | 1500 | 1403 | -97 | -6.5% |
| Class Ⅱ | Areas outside of Class Ⅰ areas | 1450 | 1453 | 3 | ||
| Ningxia | Class Ⅰ | Ningxia | 1500 | 1269 | -231 | -15.4% |
| Shaanxi | Class Ⅱ | Yulin, Yan'an | 1300 | 1246 | -54 | -4.2% |
| Heilongjiang | Class Ⅱ | Heilongjiang | 1300 | 1334 | 34 | |
| Jilin | Class Ⅱ | Jilin | 1300 | 1146 | -154 | -11.8% |
| Liaoning | Class Ⅱ | Liaoning | 1300 | 1140 | -160 | -12.3% |
| Hebei | Class Ⅱ | Chengde, Zhangjiakou, Tangshan, Qinhuangdao | 1400 | 1382 | -18 | -1.3% |
| Shanxi | Class Ⅱ | Datong, Shuozhou, Xinzhou | 1400 | 1560 | 160 | |
5. Transmission of renewable electricity over UHV transmission lines
In 2016, 11 UHV transmission lines delivered 233.4 TWh of electricity, of which 172.5 TWh, or 74% of total transmission, was renewable electricity。The 9 UHV transmission lines in areas covered by the State Grid Corporation delivered 180.8 TWh, of which 119.8 TWh, or 66% of total transmission, was renewable electricity；The 2 UHV transmission lines in areas covered by the China Southern Power Grid Company delivered 52.6 TWh, all of which was renewable electricity。
Table 5. 2016 transmission over UHV power lines
| No. | Transmission line name | Annual transmission
(GWh) |
Of which renewable electricity (GWh) | Share of renewable electricity |
| 1 | Changnan line | 8,250 | 2,920 | 35% |
| 2 | Ximeng - Shandong | 3,280 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Anhui to East line | 20,290 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Zhejiang Fujian line | 1,710 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Fulong - Fengxian DC | 32,610 | 32,480 | 100% |
| 6 | Ximeng - Jiangsu DC | 38,330 | 38,250 | 99% |
| 7 | Binjin DC | 36,750 | 36,750 | 100% |
| 8 | Tianzhong DC | 32,260 | 7,340 | 23% |
| 9 | Lingshao DC | 7,280 | 2,080 | 29% |
| 10 | Chusui DC | 26,180 | 26,180 | 100% |
| 11 | Puqiao DC | 26,450 | 26,450 | 100% |
| National | 233,390 | 172,450 | 74% | |
Note：Data for projects no. 1-9 data submitted by the State Grid Corporation, data for project no. 10-11 by the Southern Power Grid Company。
6. National clean energy (new energy) demonstration provinces (regions)
Zhejiang。In 2016, total renewable electricity consumption increased steadily, reaching 77.2 TWh, accounting for 19.9% of the province's total consumption, an increase of 1.4 percentage points year-on-year；non-hydro renewable electricity consumption amounted to 13.8 TWh, accounting for 3.6% of the province's total consumption, an increase of 1.2 percentage points year-on-year。
Sichuan。In 2016, total renewable electricity consumption increased significantly, reaching 174.5 TWh, accounting for 83.1% of the province's total consumption, an increase of 4.0 percentage points year-on-year；non-hydro renewable electricity consumption amounted to 4.8 TWh, accounting for 2.3% of the province's total consumption, an increase of 0.9 percentage points year-on-year。
Ningxia。In 2016, total renewable electricity consumption increased significantly, reaching 18.7 TWh, accounting for 21.1% of the province's total consumption, an increase of 5.5 percentage points year-on-year；non-hydro renewable electricity consumption amounted to 16.9 TWh, accounting for 19.1% of the province's total consumption, an increase of 5.7 percentage points year-on-year。Wind and PV power generation did not meet the minimum guaranteed purchases of annual full-load hours required, falling short by 297 hours and 231 hours。
Gansu。In 2016, total renewable electricity consumption was 45.7 TWh, accounting for 42.9% of the province's total consumption, an increase of 0.5 percentage points year-on-year；non-hydro renewable electricity consumption amounted to 13.3 TWh, accounting for 12.5% of the province's total consumption, an increase of 1.1 percentage points year-on-year。Wind and PV power generation did not meet the minimum guaranteed purchases of annual full-load hours required, falling short by a relatively large amount. The differences were 755 hours and 621 hours for wind power Class II and III resource areas, respectively. The differences were 505 hours and 359 hours for PV power Class I and II resource areas, respectively.。
Annex：Renewable power development monitoring indicators and calculation method
Annex：
Renewable power development monitoring indicators and calculation method
1. The provincial (regional, city-level) renewable electricity consumption includes the local renewable power generation (excluding pumped storage hydro power), with inter-provincial imports of renewable electricity added, and inter-provincial exports of renewable electricity subtracted。
Renewable electricity consumption within the province (autonomous region, municipality) = local renewable electricity generation - inter-provincial exports of renewable electricity + inter-provincial imports of renewable electricity
2. The provincial (regional, directly-controlled municipality-level) share of renewable electricity is equal to the provincial (regional, city-level) renewable electricity consumption divided by total electricity consumption in the respective locality。
3. The provincial (regional, directly-controlled municipality-level) total electricity consumption and renewable electricity production, will be determined on the basis of statistics on the power industry published by the National Bureau of Statistics and information mechanisms recognized by the national government 。
4. Inter-provincial and inter-regional volumes of renewable electricity traded, will be determined on the basis of data provided by the State Grid Corporation, China Southern Power Grid Company and the Inner Mongolia Electric Power Company, considering transmission losses per transmission line。
5. In inter-provincial or inter-regional renewable power trading, there are two possible cases; "province to province", and "province to region"。In the case of "province to region", for example when East or Central China accepts renewable electricity input from provinces outside of the region, the import of renewable electricity into each province within the region will be calculated using the proportion of total electricity consumption of each province as a share of the regional grids total electricity consumption。That is：
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where n denotes all provinces (autonomous region, city) within the regional grid
6. The Jing-Jin-Ji power grid (Beijing, Tianjin, North Hebei, South Hebei grid) is a special area. For the purposes of calculating the share of non-hydro renewable electricity in total electricity consumption, non-hydro renewable electricity from centralized projects and from inter-provincial imports are shared weighted by total electricity consumption, whilst non-hydro renewable electricity generation from distributed projects within each area is counted towards the respective area 。
7. The 2016 statistical method for Yunnan and Shandong differs from the one used in 2015。
