CEB Releases National Statistics Report on Power Industry in 2011

In 2011, the electricity consumption in China's society grew steadily and rapidly; the installed capacity of power generation continued to increase, the structural adjustment accelerated, and the level of equipment technology further improved. New progress was made in energy conservation and emission reduction. The whole society used 4692.8 billion kWh of electricity, with 90.41 million kilowatts of new installed capacity. The installed power generation capacity at the end of the year reached 1.056 billion kilowatts, of which the hydropower, nuclear power, wind power and other non-thermal power generation installed capacity accounted for 27.50%, which was higher than the previous year. Increased by 0.93 percentage points; the power standard coal consumption was 330 g/kWh, a decrease of 3 g/kWh from the previous year; the line loss rate was 6.31%, a decrease of 0.22 percentage points from the previous year. In 2011, a batch of national key power supply and power grid construction projects were put into operation on schedule, which played an important role in the rational distribution, optimized allocation and transitional development of the power industry.

The electricity consumption of the whole society: In 2011, the electricity consumption of the entire country was 4692.8 billion kWh, an increase of 11.74% over the previous year. Among them, the first industry used 101.5 billion kwh, an increase of 3.92% over the previous year; the second industry was 3.5185 trillion kwh, an increase of 11.88% over the previous year; the tertiary industry was 508 billion kwh, an increase of 13.49% over the previous year; The life of urban and rural residents was 564.6 billion kWh, an increase of 10.84% ​​over the previous year. Industrial electricity consumption was 3463.3 billion kWh, an increase of 11.84% over the previous year, of which, light and heavy industrial electricity consumption was 583 billion kWh and 2.8 trillion kWh, respectively, an increase of 9.25% and 12.38% respectively from the previous year.

Power production: In 2011, the national full-caliber power generation amounted to 4721.7 billion kWh, an increase of 11.68% over the previous year. In terms of sub-categories, the hydropower generation amounted to 662.6 billion kWh, which represented a decrease of 3.52% over the previous year, accounting for 14.03% of the total generation, which was 2.21 percentage points lower than the previous year. The thermal power generation amounted to 3897.5 billion kWh, which represented an increase of 14.07% over the previous year. It accounted for 82.54% of the country's total power generation, an increase of 1.73% over the previous year; nuclear power and grid-connected wind power generated 87.4 billion kWh and 73.2 billion kWh, respectively, an increase of 16.95% and 48.16% respectively over the previous year, accounting for the national electricity generation. The proportion of the increase was 0.08 and 0.38 percentage points respectively over the previous year.

In 2011, the average utilization hours of power generation equipment for power plants of 6000 kilowatts and above was 4731 hours, an increase of 81 hours over the previous year. Among them, the average utilization hours of hydropower equipment was 3028 hours, which was 376 hours lower than the previous year, which was the lowest level in the past 20 years. The average utilization hours of thermal power equipment was 5294 hours, which was the highest level since 2008, an increase of 264 hours over the previous year; nuclear power 7,772 hours, 69 hours lower than the previous year; 1,903 hours of wind power, 144 hours lower than the previous year.

New infrastructure capacity: In 2011, the country’s newly-added infrastructure equipment capacity exceeded 90 million kilowatts, which has exceeded 90 million kilowatts for six consecutive years. Among them, 12.25 million kilowatts of hydropower, 58.86 million kilowatts of thermal power, nuclear power, on-grid wind power and solar power generation added a total of 19.28 million kilowatts. As of the end of 2011, the country's capacity for power generation equipment was 105.576 million kilowatts, an increase of 9.25% over the previous year; among them, hydropower was 230.51 million kilowatts (including 18.36 million kilowatts of pumped-storage power), which accounted for 21.83% of the total installed capacity; thermal power was 76.546 million kilowatts (including coal Electricity was 70667 MW, and conventional gas was 32.65 GW. It accounted for 72.5% of the total installed capacity. Grid-connected solar power developed rapidly, reaching 2.14 million KW.

In 2011, the length of newly added 220 kV and above power transmission lines and the capacity of transformer equipment in the country’s infrastructure were 35,071 km and 209 million kVA, respectively, which was 9654 km and 0.49 billion kVA respectively lower than the previous year. As of the end of 2011, the length of transmission lines and the capacity of public transformers for 220 kV and above transmission lines across the national grid were 480,300 km and 2,199 million kVA respectively, representing an increase of 7.88% and 10.50% respectively over the previous year.

Power Investment: In 2011, the nationwide investment in power engineering construction was 739.3 billion yuan, which was basically the same as last year. Among them, the investment in power engineering construction completed 371.2 billion yuan, down 6.49% from the previous year; the completion of power grid construction investment 368.2 billion yuan, an increase of 6.77% over the previous year. In the completion of investment in power project construction, hydropower has completed a total investment of RMB 94 billion (of which RMB 6.05 billion has been invested in pumped-storage power stations), 105.4 billion yuan of thermal power (including coal power of RMB 90.3 billion), nuclear power of RMB 74 billion, and wind power of RMB 82.9 billion.

Electric power technology: In 2011, China's independently designed and manufactured national wind energy storage and transmission demonstration project was completed and put into production. It is the world’s largest and most comprehensive energy utilization platform integrating wind power, photovoltaic power generation, energy storage, and intelligent power transmission. Energy grid-connected technical problems; Asia's first flexible HVDC power transmission demonstration project, Shanghai Nanhui Wind Farm Flexible HVDC Transmission Project, officially put into operation, is China's first flexible HVDC transmission line with completely independent intellectual property rights and world-class level. It marks a major breakthrough in China's smart grid high-end equipment; the first phase of the 150MW offshore (inter-tidal zone) model wind farm of Jiangsu Rudong Power Co., Ltd. is connected to the grid to become the largest offshore wind farm in China, and is the national offshore wind power scale. Development and construction accumulate experience.

Key construction projects: In 2011, the implementation of key power construction projects further demonstrated the effectiveness of structural adjustments; there were 4 sets of 700,000 kilowatts of power stations for the Three Gorges underground power station, 2 sets of 600,000 kilowatts for the Hanneng Jinanqiao Hydropower Station in Yunnan, and 2 for the Luding Hydropower Station in Sichuan. The units of 230,000 kilowatts for Taiwan, 2 sets of 225,000 kilowatts for Yunnan Gongguoqiao Hydropower Station, and 2 sets of 165,000 kilowatts for Shenxigou Hydropower Station in Sichuan were successively put into operation; another is Nuozhadu Hydropower Station in Yunnan Province, Yunnan Province. A number of key projects such as the Haihai Hydropower Station, Sichuan Jinjinping Hydropower Station, Sichuan Mulihe Kakiwa Hydropower Station and other key projects have been approved for construction; thermal power plants have also included 8 sets of million kilowatts of the second phase of Ningxia Lingwu Power Plant and the third phase of Jiaxing Power Plant. The critical thermal power unit was completed and put into production. At the end of the year, 39 million ultra-supercritical thermal power units were shipped across the country; the annual added capacity of wind power and grid integration was 15.85 million kilowatts, of which the installed capacity of new wind power in Inner Mongolia and Gansu exceeded 3 million kilowatts; the pace of solar power generation Accelerate the increase in the installed capacity of grid-connected solar power generation by 1.69 million kilowatts for the whole year, and China Light & Power invested Golmud with 200 megawatts of grid-connected photovoltaic power. Smooth operation, the one-time production and become the world's largest photovoltaic power plant network.

The power grid construction has achieved remarkable results. The Qinghai-Tibet DC interconnection project has been put into trial operation, ending the long-term isolated network operation history of the Tibet Power Grid, marking the full interconnection of China's mainland power grids; the world’s first ±660 kV voltage-gradient DC transmission project—Ningdong DC Transmission project bipolar completed and put into operation; UHV 1000 kV AC pilot demonstration project expansion and transformation completed successfully, the transmission capacity reached 5 million kilowatts; Sino-Russian DC back-to-back networking project completed and put into operation, is conducive to the exchange of electricity and advantages between China and Russia Complementary; the world's highest voltage level smart substation - State Grid 750 kV Shaanxi Luochuan substation successfully completed and put into operation.

Energy Saving and Emission Reduction: In 2011, the national standard coal consumption of power plants with 6000-kilowatt and above was 330 g/kWh, which was 3 g/kWh lower than the previous year; the transmission loss rate of the national power grid was 6.31%, which was 0.22 percentage points lower than the previous year.