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Published on: January 25, 2019

Original title: 2018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 (2017) (2016) (2015) (2014) (2013) (2012) (2011) (2010) (2009) (2008) (2007) (2006).

 

Note: an updated and more detailed version of the 2018 statistics is available here: (link).

 

[*: ‘Thermal’ power generation includes coal, gas, oil. 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 press conference (link)]

Basic electric power stats 2018

Indicator			Unit	2017	2018	Change
						(±, %, pc. pt)
Power production			GWh	6,452,900	6,994,000	8.4
	Hydro power		GWh	1,194,700	1,232,900	3.2
	Thermal power		GWh	4,587,700	4,923,100	7.3
	Nuclear power		GWh	248,100	294,400	18.6
	Wind power		GWh	304,600	366,000	20.2
	Solar power		GWh	117,800	177,500	50.8
Total power cons.			GWh	6,309,400	6,844,900	8.5
	Primary industry		GWh	66,300	72,800	9.8
	Secondary industry		GWh	4,407,400	4,723,500	7.2
		Of which：Industry	GWh	4,338,000	4,645,600	7.1
	Tertiary industry		GWh	958,000	1,080,100	12.7
	Household power cons.		GWh	877,700	968,500	10.4
Installed generation capacity			MW	1,784,180	1,899,670	6.5
	Hydro power		MW	343,770	352,260	2.5
	Thermal power		MW	1,110,090	1,143,670	3.0
	Nuclear power		MW	35,820	44,660	24.7
	Wind power		MW	164,000	184,260	12.4
	Solar power		MW	130,420	174,630	33.9
Transmission line length (>220 kV)			km	685,567	733,393	7.0
Public transformer capacity (>220 kV)			MVA	3,789,340	4,022,550	6.2
Newly installed generation capacity			MW	130,440	124,390	-4.6
	Hydro power		MW	12,870	8,540	-33.7
	Thermal power		MW	44,530	41,190	-7.5
	Nuclear power		MW	2,180	8,840	306.3
	Wind power		MW	17,450	21,000	20.3
	Solar power		MW	53,410	44,730	-16.2
Transmission line length (>220 kV), additions			km	41,413	41,035	-0.9
Newly installed converter capacity			MW	79,000	32,000	-59.5
Substation capacity (>220 kV), additions			MVA	242,310	220,820	-8.9
Completed investment in electric power projects			Million RMB	823,900	809,400	-1.8
	Of which：Completed investment in power generation		Million RMB	290,000	272,100	-6.2
		Of which：Hydro power	Million RMB	62,200	67,400	8.4
		Thermal power	Million RMB	85,800	77,700	-9.4
		Nuclear power	Million RMB	45,400	43,700	-3.8
		Wind power	Million RMB	68,100	64,200	-5.7
	Of which：Completed investment in power grid		Million RMB	5,339	5,373	0.6
Coal consumption, net, (as standard coal equivalent) in power plants 6 MW and above			g/kWh	309	308	-2.0
Power plant productivity (full load hours; 6 MW+ power plant avg.)			hours	3,790	3,862	73
	Hydro power		hours	3,597	3,613	16
	Thermal power		hours	4,219	4,361	143
	Nuclear power		hours	7,089	7,184	95
	Wind power		hours	1,949	2,095	146
Transmission loss rate			%	6.48	6.21	-0.3

Note：1. Power production, total electricity consumption and generation capacity data are industry statistics totals from the China Electricity Council。
2. Wind and solar power generation and generation capacity statistics are for grid-connected capacity。
3. Due to differences in statistical standards, confirmation of moment of grid connection, and other reasons, there are certain discrepancies in data on total and newly installed generation capacity。
4. Data for Xinjiang Autonomous Region based on statistical collection methods used by the Xinjiang Electric Power Company。
5. Completed investment data are projects included in the CEC power industry statistics for large power companies。

 

 

Additional statistics from NBS:

Original title: 2018年12月份规模以上工业增加值增长5.7%
Links: Source document (in Chinese) (link).

Key industrial production data (large scale industry) for December 2018

		January-December
		Amount	YoY Increase
			(%)
Vehicles	1000 units	27,968	-3.8
Of which：Sedan	1000 units	11,601	-1.8
Sport utility vehicles (SUV)	1000 units	9,274	-6.7
Of which：“New Energy Vehicles"	1000 units	1296	40.1
Generators (power generation equipment)	MW	106,010	-9.3
Raw coal	kt	3,545,910	5.2
Coking coal	kt	438,200	0.8
Crude oil	kt	189,110	-1.3
Crude oil processing capacity	kt	603,570	6.8
Natural gas	Million cubic meter	161,000	7.5