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2017 electricity & other energy statistics (update of June 2018)

Published on: June 14, 2018

Original title: 2017年全国电力工业统计快报数据一览表
Links: Source document (in Chinese) (link). Same statistics for (2018) (2017) (2016) (2015) (2014) (2013) (2012) (2011) (2010) (2009) (2008) (2007) (2006).

Note: an updated and more detailed version of the 2017 statistics is available here: (link).

[*: In these graphs, biomass power production has been subtracted from values reported for ‘Thermal’ by the CEC (in the statistical bulletin below). Data on biomass production is from the NEA (link)]

Basic electric power statistics 2017

			Unit	2016	2017	YoY growth (±,%)
1, Electric power production			GWh	6,022,845	6,417,109	6.55
	Hydro power		GWh	1,174,837	1,193,062	1.55
		Of which：Pumped storage	GWh	30,781	32,753	6.41
	Thermal power		GWh	4,327,317	4,555,760	5.28
		Of which：Coal fired	GWh	3,945,678	4,149,763	5.17
		Gas	GWh	188,280	202,760	7.69
	Nuclear power		GWh	213,178	248,125	16.39
	Wind power		GWh	240,861	303,420	25.97
	Solar power		GWh	66,528	116,618	75.29
2. Total power consumption			GWh	5,971,010	6,362,512	6.56
A. Industrial power consumption			GWh	5,163,311	5,492,258	6.37
	Primary industry		GWh	109,324	117,512	7.49
	Secondary industry		GWh	4,256,682	4,492,224	5.53
		Of which: industry	GWh	4,183,983	4,413,302	5.48
		— Of which：Light industry	GWh	704,595	752,630	6.82
		— Heavy industry	GWh	3,479,388	3,660,671	5.21
	Tertiary industry		GWh	797,306	882,522	10.69
B. Residential electricity consumption			GWh	807,699	870,254	7.74
	Urban residents		GWh	457,143	496,181	8.54
	Rural residents		GWh	350,555	374,073	6.71
3. Installed power generation capacity			MW	1,650,507	1,777,085	7.67
	Hydro power		MW	332,070	343,587	3.47
		Of which：Pumped storage	MW	26,693	28,693	7.49
	Thermal power		MW	1,060,944	1,104,946	4.15
		Of which：Coal fired	MW	946,244	981,300	3.70
		Gas	MW	70,105	75,697	7.98
	Nuclear power		MW	33,642	35,817	6.47
	Wind power		MW	147,471	163,252	10.70
	Solar power		MW	76,313	129,415	69.59
4. 35 kV and above transmission line length			km	1,756,141	1,825,611	3.96
1. Alternating current			km	1,727,333	1,788,212	3.52
	Of which: 1000 kV		km	7,245	10,073	39.04
	750 kV		km	17,968	18,830	4.80
	500 kV		km	165,875	173,772	4.76
	330 kV		km	28,366	30,183	6.41
	220 kV		km	397,050	415,311	4.60
	110 kV		km	611,431	631,361	3.26
	35 kV		km	499,400	508,682	1.86
2. Direct current			km	28,808	37,399	29.82
	Of which：±800 kV		km	12,295	20,874	69.77
	±660 kV		km	1,334	1,334
	±500 kV		km	13,539	13,552	0.09
	±400 kV		km	1,640	1,640
5. 35 kV and above substation capacity			MVA	6,299,820	6,631,078	5.3
1. Alternating current			MVA	6,062,361	6,300,653	3.9
	Of which: 1000 kV		MVA	99,000	138,000	39.4
	750 kV		MVA	135,704	145,404	7.1
	500 kV		MVA	1,171,276	1,255,082	7.2
	330 kV		MVA	113,196	126,134	11.4
	220 kV		MVA	1,935,995	2,031,586	4.9
	110 kV		MVA	2,074,255	2,098,015	1.1
	35 kV		MVA	532,935	506,432	-5.0
2. Direct current			MVA	237,459	330,425	39.2
	Of which：±800 kV		MVA	48,823	106,959	119.1
	±660 kV		MVA	4,836	4,836
	±500 kV		MVA	175,670	188,307	7.2
	±400 kV		MVA
6. Newly installed generation capacity			MW	121,431	131,185	8.03
	Hydro power		MW	11,791	12,875	9.20
		Of which：Pumped storage	MW	3,660	2,000	-45.36
	Thermal power		MW	50,483	44,534	-11.78
		Of which：Coal fired	MW	38,656	35,043	-9.35
		Gas	MW	2,142	5,707	166.38
	Nuclear power		MW	7,205	2,175	-69.81
	Wind power		MW	20,243	18,193	-10.13
	Solar power		MW	31,710	53,407	68.42
7. Retired and closed down thermal power capacity			MW	5,714	9,293	62.64
8. Power generation projects under construction (at year end) by main power companies			MW	207,570	208,038	0.23
	Hydro power		MW	74,326	78,866	6.11
	Thermal power		MW	91,286	86,368	-5.39
	Nuclear power		MW	24,468	22,893	-6.44
	Wind power		MW	15,966	19,086	19.55
9. New DC transmission line and AC converter capacity
1. Line length			km	3,391	8,339	145.91
	Of which: ±800 kV		km	1,720	8,339	384.81
	±660 kV		km
	±500 kV		km	1,671	0	-100.00
	±400 kV		km
2. AC capacity			MW	32,400	79,000	143.83
	Of which: ±800 kV		MW	16,000	77,000	381.25
	±660 kV		MW
	±500 kV		MW	16,400	2,000	-87.80
	±400 kV		MW
10. New 110 kV and above AC transmission line length and substation capacity
1. Line length			km	56,679	58,084	2.48
	Of which: 1000 kV		km	4,252	2,846	-33.07
	750 kV		km	1,813	899	-50.42
	500 kV		km	6,931	7,999	15.42
	330 kV		km	1,525	2,521	65.26
	220 kV		km	17,088	18,810	10.08
	110 kV (including 66 kV)		km	25,070	25,010	-0.24
2. Substation capacity			MVA	345,847	325,946	-5.75
	Of which: 1000 kV		MVA	51,000	30,000	-41.18
	750 kV		MVA	18,600	17,400	-6.45
	500 kV		MVA	77,150	82,750	7.26
	330 kV		MVA	4,800	7,830	63.13
	220 kV		MVA	92,390	104,328	12.92
	110 kV (including 66 kV)		MVA	101,907	83,638	-17.93
11. Completed investment by main power companies			Million RMB	883,986	823,872	-6.80
1. Power plant investment			Million RMB	340,837	289,984	-14.92
	Hydro power		Million RMB	61,714	62,162	0.73
	Thermal power		Million RMB	111,928	85,771	-23.37
	Nuclear power		Million RMB	50,407	45,422	-9.89
	Wind power		Million RMB	92,666	68,107	-26.50
	Solar power		Million RMB	24,123	28,522	18.24
2. Electric grid investment			Million RMB	543,149	533,888	-1.70
	Transmission and distribution		Million RMB	528,151	513,518	-2.77
		Of which：Direct current	Million RMB	49,475	85,893	73.61
		Alternating current	Million RMB	478,675	427,624	-10.67
	Other		Million RMB	14,998	20,371	35.82
12. Unit capacity in multi-generator power plants, of capacity of 6 MW and above
	Hydro power		MW/unit	64.15	60.74	-0.34
	Thermal power		MW/unit	131.94	131.48	-0.05
13. Coal consumption, net, (as standard coal equivalent) in power plants 6 MW and above			g/kWh	312.08	309.43	-2.65
14. Power plant own consumption, plants 6 MW and above			%	4.77	4.80	0.03
	Hydro power		%	0.29	0.27	-0.02
	Thermal power		%	6.01	6.04	0.03
15. Power plant productivity (full load hours), power plants 6 MW and above			hours	3,797	3,790	-7
	Hydro power		hours	3,619	3,597	-22
		Of which：Pumped storage	hours	1,266	1,176	-90
	Thermal power		hours	4,186	4,219	33
	Nuclear power		hours	7,060	7,089	28
	Wind power		hours	1,745	1,949	204
	Solar power		hours	1,129	1,205	76
16. Electricity supply, consumption, and transmission losses
	Electricity supply		GWh	5,074,245	5,435,651	7.12
	Electricity consumption		GWh	4,745,125	5,083,491	7.13
	Transmission losses		GWh	329,120	352,161	7.00
	Transmission loss rate		%	6.49	6.48	-0.01

Additional statistics from NBS:

Original title: 2017年12月份规模以上工业增加值增长6.2%
Links: Source document (in Chinese) (link).

December 2017 Key industrial production data (large scale industry)

		January-December
		Amount	YoY Increase
		Amount	(%)
Vehicles	1000 units	29,942	3.2
Of which：Sedan	1000 units	11,990	-0.8
Sport utility vehicles (SUV)	1000 units	10,334	9.1
Of which：“New Energy Vehicles"	1000 units	716	51.1
Generators (power generation equipment)	MW	118,330	-7.3
Raw coal	kt	3,445,460	3.2
Coking coal	kt	431,430	-3.3
Crude oil	kt	191,510	-4
Crude oil processing capacity	kt	567,770	5
Natural gas	Million cubic meter	147,400	8.5