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2018 Q2 Electricity and energy statistics

Published on: July 19, 2018

Original title: 2018年1-6月全国电力工业统计数据一览表
Links: Original source (in Chinese) (link). Same statistics for (Q2 20167) (Q2 2016) (Q2 2015) (Q2 2014) (Q2 2013) (Q2 2012) (Q2 2011) (Q2 2010) (Q2 2009).

[* Thermal is a combination of coal, gas, oil, and biomass; these sources are not split out in the statistics provided by the CEC]

2018 Q2 National electric power industry statistics

Indicator			Unit	Year to date	YoY change (±, % or % point)
National total power production			GWh	3,194,500	8.3
	Of which: Hydropower		GWh	461,800	2.9
	Thermal power		GWh	2,388,700	8.0
	Nuclear power		GWh	130,000	12.7
	Wind power		GWh	191,700	28.6
National total power consumption			GWh	3,229,100	9.4
	Of which: primary industry power cons.		GWh	32,800	10.3
	Secondary industry power cons.		GWh	2,233,600	7.6
—	—	Of which: industrial power cons.	GWh	2,198,400	7.5
	Tertiary industry power cons.		GWh	507,100	14.7
	Household power cons.		GWh	455,500	13.2
Total installed capacity (units >6MW)			MW	1,730,580	6.2
	Of which: Hydropower		MW	300,420	2.7
	Thermal power		MW	1,108,050	4.1
	Nuclear power		MW	36,940	6.4
	Wind power		MW	170,960	11.3
Coal cons. (avg.)			g/kWh	308	-1
Transmission and distribution losses			%	5.8	-0.2
National heat supply			TJ	2,412,610	10.3
Coal consumed for national heat supply			kt	142,050	12.4
National power supply			GWh	2,779,000	10.7
National power sales			GWh	2,618,900	11
National transmission and distribution losses			GWh	160,100	6.4
Full load hours (national avg.)			hours	1858	68
	Of which：Hydro power		hours	1505	-9
	Thermal power		hours	2,126	116
	Nuclear power		hours	3,548	141
	Wind power		hours	1143	159
Power plant own consumption (nat. avg.)			%	4.8	0.12
	Of which：Hydro power		%	0.3	-0.02
	Thermal power		%	5.9	0.19
Completed investment in power projects			Million RMB	97,000	-7.3
	Of which：Hydro power		Million RMB	22,300	4.1
	Thermal power		Million RMB	29,500	-5.5
	Nuclear power		Million RMB	20,400	11.6
Completed investment in power grid construction projects			Million RMB	203,600	-15.1
Installed generation capacity, additions			MW	52,110	155
	Of which：Hydro power		MW	2,490	-315
	Thermal power		MW	15,150	94
New 220 kV and above substation equipment capacity (AC)			MVA	149,810	351
Network length (>220 kV), additions			km	22,396	-371

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6月份规模以上工业增加值增长6.0%
Links: Original source (in Chinese) (link).

		January-June
		Amount	YoY Increase
			(%)
Vehicles	1000 units	14,301	3.5
Of which：Sedan	1000 units	5,834	5.6
Sport utility vehicles (SUV)	1000 units	4,827	3.6
Of which：“New Energy Vehicles"	1000 units	476	88.1
Generators (power generation equipment)	MW	54,330	-9.7
Raw coal	kt	1,696,590	3.9
Coking coal	kt	212,000	-3.2
Crude oil	kt	94,090	-2
Crude oil processing capacity	kt	299,610	8.9
Natural gas	Million cubic meter	77,500	4.6
Power production	GWh	3,194,500	8.3
Thermal power production	GWh	2,388,700	8.0
Hydro power production	GWh	461,800	2.9
Nuclear power production	GWh	130,000	12.7
Wind power production	GWh	171,300	22.9
Solar power production	GWh	42,700	24.5