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2018 Q3 Electricity and energy statistics
Original title: 2018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 2017) (Q3 2016) (Q3 2015) (Q3 2014) (Q3 2013) (Q3 2012) (Q3 2011) (Q3 2010) (Q3 2009).
[Note graph is Q3 2018 year to date versus Q3 2017 year to date. *Thermal includes coal, gas, oil, and biomass]
2018 Q3 National electric power industry statistics
| Indicator | Unit | Year to date | YoY change (±, % or % point) | ||
| National total power production | GWh | 5,036,200 | 7.4 | ||
| Of which: Hydropower | GWh | 832,600 | 4.4 | ||
| Thermal power | GWh | 3,691,800 | 6.9 | ||
| Nuclear power | GWh | 208,900 | 13.9 | ||
| Wind power | GWh | 267,600 | 25.3 | ||
| National total power consumption | GWh | 5,106,100 | 8.9 | ||
| Of which: primary industry power cons. | GWh | 55,500 | 9.8 | ||
| Secondary industry power cons. | GWh | 3,471,400 | 7.3 | ||
| — | Of which: industrial power cons. | GWh | 3,414,300 | 7.2 | |
| Tertiary industry power cons. | GWh | 825,900 | 13.5 | ||
| Household power cons. | GWh | 753,400 | 11.5 | ||
| Total installed capacity (units >6MW) | MW | 1,762,000 | 5.3 | ||
| Of which: Hydropower | MW | 304,520 | 3.2 | ||
| Thermal power | MW | 1,120,450 | 3.1 | ||
| Nuclear power | MW | 39,280 | 9.7 | ||
| Wind power | MW | 175,920 | 11.4 | ||
| Coal cons. (avg.) | g/kWh | 311 | 0 | ||
| Transmission and distribution losses | % | 5.8 | -0.5 | ||
| National heat supply | TJ | 3,299,400 | 18.5 | ||
| Coal consumed for national heat supply | kt | 175,450 | 11.2 | ||
| National power supply | GWh | 4,453,100 | 9.9 | ||
| National power sales | GWh | 4,193,300 | 10.5 | ||
| National transmission and distribution losses | GWh | 259,800 | 0.8 | ||
| Full load hours (national avg.) | hours | 2,905 | 94 | ||
| Of which：Hydro power | hours | 2,716 | 42 | ||
| Thermal power | hours | 3,276 | 158 | ||
| Nuclear power | hours | 5,447 | 68 | ||
| Wind power | hours | 1,565 | 178 | ||
| Power plant own consumption (nat. avg.) | % | 4.7 | -0.07 | ||
| Of which：Hydro power | % | 0.3 | -0.02 | ||
| Thermal power | % | 6 | 0.01 | ||
| Completed investment in power projects | Million RMB | 169,600 | -1.8 | ||
| Of which：Hydro power | Million RMB | 40,400 | 19 | ||
| Thermal power | Million RMB | 52,600 | 6.2 | ||
| Nuclear power | Million RMB | 31,000 | 4.8 | ||
| Completed investment in power grid construction projects | Million RMB | 337,300 | -9.6 | ||
| Installed generation capacity, additions | MW | 81,140 | -1280 | ||
| Of which：Hydro power | MW | 6,660 | -157 | ||
| Thermal power | MW | 23,790 | -719 | ||
| New 220 kV and above substation equipment capacity (AC) | MVA | 186,910 | -1683 | ||
Notes: 1. The source of the above statistics is the National Energy Administration and the National Bureau of Statistics。
2、从2018年5月份开始，三次产业划分按照《国家统计局关于修订<三次产业划分规定(2012)>的通知》（国统设管函〔2018〕74号）调整，为保证数据可比，同期数据根据新标准重新进行了分类。
3. Data for "Completed investment in power grid construction projects" is major power generation companies investment data。
4. Data for newly installed capacity of thermal power includes emergency reserves for peak regulation capacity。
Additional statistics from NBS:
Original title: 2018年9月份规模以上工业增加值增长5.8%
Links: Source document (in Chinese) (link).
| January-September | |||
| Amount | YoY Increase | ||
| (%) | |||
| Vehicles | 1000 units | 20,842 | 0.6 |
| Of which：Sedan | 1000 units | 8,663 | 3.3 |
| Sport utility vehicles (SUV) | 1000 units | 6,926 | -1.1 |
| Of which：“New Energy Vehicles" | 1000 units | 774 | 54.8 |
| Generators (power generation equipment) | MW | 81,200 | -7.7 |
| Raw coal | kt | 2,594,930 | 5.1 |
| Coking coal | kt | 322,910 | -2.3 |
| Crude oil | kt | 141,130 | -1.9 |
| Crude oil processing capacity | kt | 452,540 | 8.1 |
| Natural gas | Million cubic meter | 116,200 | 6.2 |
| Power production | GWh | 5,036,200 | 7.4 |
| Thermal power production | GWh | 3,691,800 | 6.9 |
| Hydro power production | GWh | 832,600 | 4.4 |
| Nuclear power production | GWh | 208,900 | 13.9 |
| Wind power production | GWh | 236,700 | 20.1 |
| Solar power production | GWh | 66,100 | 17.9 |
