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2017 Q3 Electricity and energy statistics

Published on: October 20, 2017

Original title: 2017年1-9月全国电力工业统计数据一览表
Links: Source document (in Chinese) (link). Same statistics for (Q3 2016) (Q3 2015) (Q3 2014) (Q3 2013) (Q3 2012) (Q3 2011) (Q3 2010) (Q3 2009).

[Note graph is Q3 2017 year to date versus Q3 2016 year to date. *Thermal includes coal, gas, oil, and biomass]

2017 Q3 National electric power industry statistics

Indicator			Unit	Year to date	YoY change (±, % or % point)
National total power production			GWh	4,689,100	6.4
	Of which: Hydropower		GWh	814,700	0.3
	Thermal power		GWh	3,452,500	6.3
	Nuclear power		GWh	183,400	18.8
	Wind power		GWh	212,800	25.7
National total power consumption			GWh	4,688,800	6.9
	Of which: primary industry power cons.		GWh	91,100	7.8
	Secondary industry power cons.		GWh	3,263,000	6
—	—	Of which: industrial power cons.	GWh	3,204,800	6
		Of which: light industry power cons.	GWh	555,800	7.4
		Heavy industry power cons.	GWh	2,648,900	5.7
	Tertiary industry power cons.		GWh	665,900	10.5
	Household power cons.		GWh	668,800	7.5
Total installed capacity (units >6MW)			MW	1,665,030	7.6
	Of which: Hydropower		MW	294,450	3.5
	Thermal power		MW	1,081,090	5.1
	Nuclear power		MW	35,820	14.3
	Wind power		MW	157,200	12.8
Coal cons. (avg.)			g/kWh	311	-2
Transmission and distribution losses			%	6.4	0.1
National heat supply			TJ	2,819,480	5.1
Coal consumed for national heat supply			kt	159,270	6.2
National power supply			GWh	4,051,000	7.5
National power sales			GWh	3,793,300	7.4
National transmission and distribution losses			GWh	257,700	8.3
Full load hours (national avg.)			hours	2811	-7
	Of which：Hydro power		hours	2674	-92
	Thermal power		hours	3,117	47
	Nuclear power		hours	5,379	144
	Wind power		hours	1386	135
Power plant own consumption (nat. avg.)			%	4.8	-0.3
	Of which：Hydro power		%	0.3	-0.05
	Thermal power		%	6	-0.1
Completed investment in power projects			Million RMB	172,800	-13.1
	Of which：Hydro power		Million RMB	33,900	-4.1
	Thermal power		Million RMB	49,600	-25.0
	Nuclear power		Million RMB	29,600	-10.3
Completed investment in power grid construction projects			Million RMB	373,100	4.6
Installed generation capacity, additions			MW	93,390	2070
	Of which：Hydro power		MW	8,230	35
	Thermal power		MW	30,980	197
New 220 kV and above substation equipment capacity (AC)			MVA	203,740	2460
Network length (>220 kV), additions			km	33,682	6120

Additional statistics from NBS:

Original title: 2017年9月份规模以上工业增加值增长6.6%
Links: Source document (in Chinese) (link).

		January-September
		Amount	YoY Increase
			(%)
Vehicles	1000 units	22,789	4.9
Of which：Sedan	1000 units	9,009	-1.7
Sport utility vehicles (SUV)	1000 units	7,170	16.1
Of which：“New Energy Vehicles"	1000 units	425	30.8
Generators (power generation equipment)	MW	90,970	-4.7
Raw coal	kt	2,592,020	5.7
Coking coal	kt	331,810	0.2
Crude oil	kt	144,280	-4.4
Crude oil processing capacity	kt	418,440	4.7
Natural gas	Million cubic meter	108,700	9.1
Power production	GWh	4,689,100	6.4
Thermal power production	GWh	3,452,500	6.3
Hydro power production	GWh	814,700	0.3
Nuclear power production	GWh	183,400	18.8
Wind power production	GWh	191,400	21
Solar power production	GWh	47,000	31.6