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2016 summary electric power statistics

Published on: January 16, 2017

Original title: 2016年全社会用电量同比增长5.0%
Links: Original CN (link).

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

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