Chinese power generation up 14 per cent


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China Power Generation 2010 saw robust year-over-year growth across hydropower, thermal, nuclear, and wind, with rising installed capacity, higher utilization hours, and surging social electricity consumption across industrial, residential, and service sectors.

 

Key Information

China's 2010 power profile: output, capacity, utilization, and consumption, showing strong year-over-year growth.

  • Hydropower output 614.8 bn kWh, up 17.5% YoY.
  • Thermal output 3.02 tn kWh, up 13% YoY; nuclear 66.9 bn kWh, up 4.8%.
  • Wind output 43.2 bn kWh; social consumption 3.83 tn kWh, up 15.78%.
  • Installed capacity 902.57 GW; wind 26.09 GW, up 81.3% YoY.

 

From January through November 2010, China's national generation output of power plants generating more than 6 megawatts MW reached 3.77 trillion kilowatt-hours kWh, an increase of 14 year over year.

 

Of this, the output of hydropower reached 614.8 billion kWh, an increase of 17.5 year over year. Thermal power reached 3.02 trillion kWh, an increase of 13 year over year. Nuclear power output reached 66.9 billion kWh, an increase of 4.8 year over year, while wind power reached 43.2 billion kWh, amid broader generation output increases across the sector, according to the China Electricity Council.

From January to November 2010, the overall social power consumption of China reached 3.83 trillion kWh, an increase of 15.78 year over year, reflecting nationwide power consumption increases during 2010. The power consumption in November reached 346 billion kWh. From January through November 2010, the power consumption in the first industries agriculture, forestry, livestock, production and fisheries reached 91.5 billion kWh, an increase of 5.17 that of the second industries construction, manufacturing and energy production reached 2.86 trillion kWh, an increase of 17.22 that of the third industries services, hotels, insurance reached 357.5 billion kWh, an increase of 15.16. Household electricity consumption reached 469.9 billion kWh, up 12.77 year over year.

From January through November 2010, the national overall power consumption of industry reached 2.81 trillion kWh, an increase of 17 year over year, compared with earlier periods when consumption rose about 6% nationwide at the time.

As of the end of November 2010, the total installed capacity of power plants sized 6 MW or above in China reached 902.57 gigawatts GW, an increase of 10.8 year over year, even after the earlier power consumption declines seen in 2008. Of which, installed capacity of hydropower, thermal power, nuclear power and wind power reached 179.05 GW, 686.13 GW, 10.82 GW and 26.09 GW, an increase of 12.8, 8.6, 19.2 and 81.3 year over year, respectively.

From January to November 2010, the average accumulated utilization hours of power generation equipment in China reached 4,275 hours, an increase of 132 hours year over year, despite later reports of utilization declines of about 6%, in some segments. Of which, the average utilization hours of hydropower equipment reached 3,211 hours, an increase of 45 hours year over year and the average utilization hour of thermal power equipment reached 4,590 hours, an increase of 207 hours from the same period last year.

 

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