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Published on: January 16, 2017

Original title: 2016年全社会用电量同比增长5.0%
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January 16, 2016, the National Energy Agency published statistics on total electricity consumption and other data。

In 2016, total electricity consumption was 5,919.8 TWh, an increase of 5.0%。Divided by industries, the primary industry electricity consumption was 107.5 TWh, an increase of 5.3%；secondary industry power consumption was 4,210.8 TWh, an increase of 2.9%；Tertiary industry electricity consumption was 796.1 TWh, an increase of 11.2%；Urban and rural residential electricity consumption was 805.4 TWh, an increase of 10.8%。

In 2016, the national average productivity of power generation equipment (units 6 MW and above) was 3785 full-load hours, down 203 hours。Amongst these, the average productivity of hydropower equipment was 3621 hours, an increase of 31 hours；average productivity of thermal power units was 4165 hours, down 199 hours。

In 2016, additions to operational generation capacity nationwide were 120.61 GW, of which, 11.74 GW of hydropower, 48.36 GW of thermal power。

Annex

National Electric Power Industry Statistics

Indicator			Unit	Annual total
				Amount	Increase
National total power consumption			GWh	5,919,800	5
	Of which: primary industry power cons.		GWh	107,500	5.3
	Secondary industry power cons.		GWh	4,210,800	2.9
		Industrial power cons.	GWh	4,138,300	2.9
		Light industry power cons.	GWh	701,600	4.4
		Heavy industry power cons.	GWh	3,436,700	2.6
	Tertiary industry power cons.		GWh	796,100	11.2
	Household power cons.		GWh	805,400	10.8
Total installed capacity			MW	1,645,750	8.2
	Of which: Hydropower		MW	332,110	3.9
	Thermal power		MW	1,053,880	5.3
	Nuclear power		MW	33,640	23.8
	Wind power (grid-connected)		MW	148,640	13.2
	Solar power (grid-connected)		MW	77,420	81.6
Coal consumption, net, (as standard coal equivalent) in power plants 6 MW and above			g/kWh	312.00	-3
Transmission and distribution losses			%	6.47	-0.2
Power plant productivity (full load hours; 6 MW+ power plant avg.)			hours	3,785	-203
	Of which：Hydro power		hours	3,621	31
	Thermal power		hours	4,165	-199
Power infrastructure investment			Million RMB	342,900	-12.9
	Of which: Hydropower		Million RMB	61,200	-22.4
	Thermal power		Million RMB	117,400	0.9
	Nuclear power		Million RMB	50,600	-10.5
Power grid infrastructure investment			Million RMB	542,600	16.9
Installed generation capacity, additions			MW	120,610	-8.5
	Of which：Hydro power		MW	11,740	-14.6
	Thermal power		MW	48,360	-27.6
Substation capacity (>220 kV), additions			MVA	243,360	11.1
Transmission line length (>220 kV), additions			km	34,906	5

Note：Total power consumption indicators are for total installed capacity; statistics on generation capacity, grid infrastructure construction are completed projects included in the data on large-scale power industry data