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2016 Q3 electricity statistics

Published on: October 20, 2016

Original title: 2016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).

2016 Q3 National electric power industry statistics

Indicator Unit Year to date YoY change (±, % or % point)
National total power production GWh 4,373,200 3.4
Of which: Hydropower GWh 810,800 8.6
Thermal power GWh 3,228,900 0.8
Nuclear power GWh 154,400 22.4
Wind power GWh 169,300 26.8
National total power consumption GWh 4,388,500 4.5
Of which: primary industry power cons. GWh 84,500 4.8
Secondary industry power cons. GWh 3,079,900 2
Of which: industrial power cons. GWh 3,026,300 1.9
Of which: light industry power cons. GWh 518,700 3.9
Heavy industry power cons. GWh 2,507,600 1.5
Tertiary industry power cons. GWh 602,500 11.5
Household power cons. GWh 621,700 11.6
Total installed capacity (units >6MW) MW 1,547,600 10.8
Of which: Hydropower MW 284,370 3.9
Thermal power MW 1,028,520 7.3
Nuclear power MW 31,350 29.9
Wind power MW 139,340 28
Coal cons. (avg.) g/kWh 314 -3.2
Transmission and distribution losses % 6.3 0.3
National heat supply TJ 2,644,150 7.7
Coal consumed for national heat supply kt 147,690 5.5
National power supply GWh 3,770,000 4.2
National power sales GWh 3,532,100 3.8
National transmission and distribution losses GWh 237,900 9.7
Full load hours (national avg.) hours 2818 -179
Of which:Hydro power hours 2766 127
Thermal power hours 3,071 -213
Nuclear power hours 5,235 -290
Wind power hours 1251 -66
Power plant own consumption (nat. avg.) % 5 -0.2
Of which:Hydro power % 0.3 -0.1
Thermal power % 6.1 -0.1
Completed investment in power projects Million RMB 198,900 -10.9
Of which:Hydro power Million RMB 35,400 -20.5
Thermal power Million RMB 66,100 -8.4
Nuclear power Million RMB 32,900 -1.4
Completed investment in power grid construction projects Million RMB 356,600 31.6
Installed generation capacity, additions MW 72,700 -159
Of which:Hydro power MW 7,880 -297
Thermal power MW 29,010 -1054
New 220 kV and above substation equipment capacity (AC) MVA 179,140 432
Network length (>220 kV), additions km 27,562 1505

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

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