China ranks first in the world in its power generation from a major power country

Liu Zhenya, chairman of the China Light & Power Co., Ltd., disclosed in Beijing on the 26th that by the end of 2011, China’s power generation capacity had reached 1.063 billion kilowatts, and its annual power generation capacity was 4.73 trillion kilowatt-hours, bringing power generation to the top in the world.

On July 26, 1882, China's first electric light was lit on the Shanghai Bund. In order to widely disseminate the achievements of China's power industry and the value of electricity, CEC has designated China’s 130th anniversary for July 26 as the “China Power Theme Day” and will hold a series of national thematic events on this day each year. .

Liu Zhenya said on the 26th at the first "Theme Day" of China's power industry that, 130 years ago today, a 12-kilowatt steam generator set on the Huangpu River in Shanghai lit up 15 arc lamps on Nanjing Road. The history of electricity. On the eve of the founding of New China, the installed capacity of power generation in the country was less than 1.85 million kilowatts, and the annual power generation capacity was only 4.3 billion kwh, ranking 21st and 25th respectively in the world.

As of the end of 2011, China’s 220 kilovolt and above transmission lines reached 480,000 kilometers, with a capacity of 2.2 billion kVA, and the power grid was the largest in the world. With the exception of Taiwan, the power grids of all provinces (cities, districts) across the country were interconnected. The rapid development of new energy resources, wind power grid capacity is currently up to 52.58 million kilowatts, ranking first in the world. At present, China’s construction of UHV AC transmission projects and UHV DC transmission projects have taken the lead in the world power grid.

At present, China's power companies are accelerating the transformation and upgrading from traditional enterprises to modern ones. In 2012, China entered the top 500 power companies in the world with 9 companies, ranking first in the world. The strategy of “going out” was accelerated and power companies continued to make breakthroughs in overseas power supply development, power grid operation, resource acquisition, electrical equipment, and engineering general contracting.

Liu Zhenya stated that in the future, China Electric Power will establish a “big energy concept”, insist on power as the center, accelerate the transformation of power development methods, regard electrification as an important measure for improving energy efficiency, and regard energy as an important direction of primary energy conversion and utilization, and regard the power grid as The platform for energy allocation should promote sustainable energy development.