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2018 Q1 electricity statistics

Published on: April 18, 2018

Original title: 2018年1-3月全国电力工业统计数据一览表
Links: Source document (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; solar stats from NBS, others from CEC]

2018年1-3月全国电力工业统计数据一览表

Indicator			Unit	Year to date	YoY change (±, % or % point)
National total power production			GWh	1,567,300	8.0
	Of which: Hydropower		GWh	193,300	2.6
	Thermal power		GWh	1,214,800	6.9
	Nuclear power		GWh	61,100	11.6
	Wind power		GWh	79,800	39.1
National total power consumption			GWh	1,587,800	9.8
	Of which: primary industry power cons.		GWh	21,900	10.3
	Secondary industry power cons.		GWh	1,058,300	6.7
—	—	Of which: industrial power cons.	GWh	1,037,900	6.5
	Tertiary industry power cons.		GWh	250,400	16.7
	Household power cons.		GWh	257,200	17.2
Total installed capacity (units >6MW)			MW	1,706,880	6.1
	Of which: Hydropower		MW	298,890	3
	Thermal power		MW	1,099,620	3.7
	Nuclear power		MW	36,940	6.4
	Wind power		MW	166,810	10.2
Coal cons. (avg.)			g/kWh	301	-1
Transmission and distribution losses			%	4.7	-0.8
National heat supply			TJ	1,722,580	13.3
Coal consumed for national heat supply			kt	105,360	15.2
National power supply			GWh	1,354,200	11.3
National power sales			GWh	1,290,100	12.3
National transmission and distribution losses			GWh	64,100	-5.4
Full load hours (national avg.)			hours	922	34
	Of which：Hydro power		hours	617	-6
	Thermal power		hours	1,089	52
	Nuclear power		hours	1,690	59
	Wind power		hours	592	124
Power plant own consumption (nat. avg.)			%	4.7	-0.01
	Of which：Hydro power		%	0.3	-0.04
	Thermal power		%	5.6	0.05
Completed investment in power projects			Million RMB	42,400	10.5
	Of which：Hydro power		Million RMB	10,500	14.1
	Thermal power		Million RMB	11,300	-5.7
	Nuclear power		Million RMB	12,700	61.1
Completed investment in power grid construction projects			Million RMB	65,700	-23.2
Installed generation capacity, additions			MW	24,910	304
	Of which：Hydro power		MW	770	-117
	Thermal power		MW	6,390	-499
New 220 kV and above substation equipment capacity (AC)			MVA	63,410	-373
Network length (>220 kV), additions			km	8,450	83

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

Additional statistics from NBS:

Original title: 2018年3月份规模以上工业增加值增长6.0%
Links: Source document (in Chinese) (link).

2018年3月份规模以上工业生产主要数据

		January-March
		Amount	YoY Increase
		Amount	(%)
Vehicles	1000 units	7,131	-2.6
Of which：Sedan	1000 units	2,829	-4.1
Sport utility vehicles (SUV)	1000 units	2,529	1.1
Of which：“New Energy Vehicles"	1000 units	170	139.4
Generators (power generation equipment)	MW	22,870	-6.8
Raw coal	kt	804,540	3.9
Coking coal	kt	102,850	-3.2
Crude oil	kt	46,330	-2
Crude oil processing capacity	kt	148,720	7.5
Natural gas	Million cubic meter	39,700	3.3
Power production	GWh	1,576,300	8
Thermal power production	GWh	1,214,800	6.9
Hydro power production	GWh	193,300	2.6
Nuclear power production	GWh	61,100	11.6
Wind power production	GWh	87,200	33.8
Solar power production	GWh	19,900	33.5