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2017 Q1 electricity statistics

Published on: April 17, 2017

Original title: 2017年1-3月全国电力工业统计数据一览表
Links: Original source (in Chinese) (link). Same statistics for (Q1 2020) (Q1 2019) (Q1 2018) (Q1 2017) (Q1 2016) (Q1 2015) (Q1 2014) (Q1 2013) (Q1 2012) (Q1 2011) (Q1 2010) (Q1 2009).

[*Thermal includes coal, gas, oil, and biomass]

2017 Q1 electric power statistics

Indicator			Unit	Year to date	YoY change (±, % or % point)
National total power production			GWh	1,458,700	6.7
—	Of which: Hydropower		GWh	193,800	-4.1
	Thermal power		GWh	1,135,700	7.4
	Nuclear power		GWh	54,800	16.3
	Wind power		GWh	70,300	25.2
National total power consumption			GWh	1,446,100	6.9
	Of which: primary industry power cons.		GWh	20,300	10.1
	Secondary industry power cons.		GWh	999,800	7.6
	—	Of which: industrial power cons.	GWh	982,100	7.7
		— 其中:轻工业用电量	GWh	159,300	6.7
		— 重工业用电量	GWh	822,900	7.9
	Tertiary industry power cons.		GWh	209,200	7.8
	Household power cons.		GWh	216,800	2.8
Total installed capacity (units >6MW)			MW	1,608,850	7.7
	Of which: Hydropower		MW	290,240	4.2
	Thermal power		MW	1,060,070	5.0
	Nuclear power		MW	34,730	23.4
	Wind power		MW	151,390	12.9
Coal cons. (avg.)			g/kWh	302	-1.8
Transmission and distribution losses			%	5.6	0.2
National heat supply			TJ	1,531,450	9.6
Coal consumed for national heat supply			kt	91,910	12.4
National power supply			GWh	1,216,700	7.2
National power sales			GWh	1,149,000	6.9
National transmission and distribution losses			GWh	67,800	11.6
Full load hours (national avg.)			hours	888	2
	Of which：Hydro power		hours	623	-68
	Thermal power		hours	1,037	31
	Nuclear power		hours	1,631	-14
	Wind power		hours	468	46
Power plant own consumption (nat. avg.)			%	4.7	-0.15
	Of which：Hydro power		%	0.4	-0.02
	Thermal power		%	5.6	-0.09
Completed investment in power projects			Million RMB	38,400	-17.3
	Of which：Hydro power		Million RMB	9,200	-13.2
	Thermal power		Million RMB	12,000	-5.0
	Nuclear power		Million RMB	7,900	-12.5
Completed investment in power grid construction projects			Million RMB	85,500	2.1
Installed generation capacity, additions			MW	21,870	-628
	Of which：Hydro power		MW	1,930	34
	Thermal power		MW	11,390	-607
New 220 kV and above substation equipment capacity (AC)			MVA	67,140	825
Network length (>220 kV), additions			km	8,368	1976

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