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Published on: April 22, 2021

Original title: 2020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’ power generation includes coal, gas, oil, and biomass. Note wind and solar stats taken from NBS, as the CEC’s stats of current edition exclude these]

Basic electric power industry statistics Q1 2021

Indicator			Unit	Year to date	Change
					%	±	% point
National total power production			GWh	1,905,100	19.0
	Of which: Hydropower		GWh	195,900	0.5
	Thermal power		GWh	1,437,900	21.1
	Nuclear power		GWh	92,600	18.8
National total power consumption			GWh	1,921,900	21.2
	Of which: primary industry power cons.		GWh	21,000	26.4
	Secondary industry power cons.		GWh	1,262,500	24.1
—	—	Of which: industrial power cons.	GWh	1,238,800	23.9
	Tertiary industry power cons.		GWh	333,100	28.2
	Household power cons.		GWh	305,300	4.7
Total installed capacity (units >6MW)			MW	2,228,500	9.4
	Of which: Hydropower		MW	371,320	3.7
	Thermal power		MW	1,260,000	4.2
	Nuclear power		MW	51,040	4.7
	Wind power		MW	286,610	34.9
	Solar power		MW	259,130	24
Coal cons. (avg.)			g/kWh	294.4		0.5
Transmission and distribution losses			%	3.88			0.7
National heat supply			TJ	2,139,730	10.8
Coal consumed for national heat supply			kt	129,270	9.8
National power supply			GWh	1,651,700	23.4
National power sales			GWh	1,587,500	22.5
Full load hours (national avg.)			hours	915		97
	Of which：Hydro power		hours	600		-21
	Thermal power		hours	1116		165
	Nuclear power		hours	1,817		218
	Wind power		hours	619		69
	Solar power		hours	300		10
Power plant own consumption (nat. avg.)			%	1.5			-0.20
	Of which：Hydro power		%	0.3			0.0
	Thermal power		%	5.5			-0.2
Completed investment in power projects			Million RMB	79500	31.3
	Of which：Hydro power		Million RMB	24,500	76.1
	Thermal power		Million RMB	8,000	26.6
	Nuclear power		Million RMB	7,700	18.5
	Wind power		Million RMB	32,500	14.5
	Solar power		Million RMB	6,700	25.4
Completed investment in power grid construction projects			Million RMB	54,000	48
Installed generation capacity, additions			MW	23,510		996
	Of which：Hydro power		MW	1,090		39
	Thermal power		MW	10,600		358
	Nuclear power		MW	1,150		115
	Wind power		MW	5,260		290
	Solar power		MW	5,330		191
New 220 kV and above substation equipment capacity (AC)			MVA	57660		1351
Network length (>220 kV), additions			km	8717		4863

Notes: 1. The source of the above statistics is the National Energy Administration and the National Bureau of Statistics。
2. From May 2018 onwards, industries are classified in accordance with the "Notice on the revision of the regulations for classifications of the three industries (2012) (NBS [2018] No. 74)" and data has been adjusted accordingly. In order to ensure data comparability, the data for the previous period has been reclassified according to the same standard。
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: 2021年3月份规模以上工业增加值增长14.1%
Links: Source document (in Chinese) (link).

		January-March
		Amount	YoY Increase
			(%)
Vehicles	1000 units	6,383	81.7
Of which：Sedan	1000 units	2,307	82.4
Sport utility vehicles (SUV)	1000 units	2,291	79
Of which：“New Energy Vehicles"	1000 units	553	312.7
Generators (power generation equipment)	MW	31,320	55.5
Raw coal	kt	970,560	16
Coking coal	kt	118,970	8.6
Crude oil	kt	49,180	1.4
Crude oil processing capacity	kt	174,040	16.5
Natural gas	Million cubic meter	53,300	13.1
Power production	GWh	1,905,100	19
Thermal power production	GWh	1,437,900	21.1
Hydro power production	GWh	195,900	0.5
Nuclear power production	GWh	92,600	18.8
Wind power production	GWh	140,100	30.9
Solar power production	GWh	38,800	14.1