Major Indicators of China's Power Industry Jan. - Sept. 2010
Announced by China Electricity Council on October. 25, 2010
Description Unit Accumulation of the year YoY Growth (%)
National power generation output 100-Million KWH 30906 16.1
Of which: Hydropower 100-Million KWH 4998 13.4
               Thermal power 100-Million KWH 24824 16.3
               Nuclear power 100-Million KWH 527 2.1
               Wind power 100-Million KWH 326 78.9
Installed capacity of units above 6MW 10-megawatt 88512 10.5
Of which: Hydropower 10-megawatt 17696 13.4
               Thermal power 10-megawatt 67444 8.4
               Nuclear power 10-megawatt 1017 12
               Wind power 10-megawatt 2344 77.2
National coal consumption in power supply g/kWh 334 -8
National coal consumption in heat supply 10,000-ton 194327 13.49
National power consumption 100-Million KWH 11389 14.19
First industry 100-Million KWH 31442  
Second industry 100-Million KWH 766  
             Industry 100-Million KWH 23397  
Of which:  Light industry 100-Million KWH 23046  
               Heavy industry 100-Million KWH 3839  
Tertiary industry 100-Million KWH 19207  
Households consumption 100-Million KWH 3398  
National supply of electricity 100-Million KWH 3881  
National sales of electricity 100-Million KWH 28183  
National line loss 100-Million KWH 26556  
National average utilization hours of power equipment hour 3540 197
Of which: Hydropower hour 2660 -11
               Thermal power hour 3802 290
Naitonal plant service power consupmtion ratio % 5.56 -0.22
Of which: Hydropower % 0.36 -0.08
               Thermal power % 6.44 -0.3
Investment in power source construction $ Billion 33.99  
Of which: Hydropower $ Billion 6.86  
               Thermal power $ Billion 12.77  
               Nuclear power $ Billion 6.36  
               Wind power $ Billion 7.86  
Investment in grid construction $ Billion 29.08  
Newly added capacity of power generation equipment 10-megawatt 5186  
Of which: Hydropower 10-megawatt 1098  
               Thermal power 10-megawatt 3479  
               Nuclear power 10-megawatt 108  
               Wind power 10-megawatt 494  
Newly added capacity of transfomer substations at 220-kv or above 10-megavolt-ampere 14746  
Newly added length  of transmission lines 221-kv or above Kilometer 25139  

Note: 1. Power generation output (except wind power) is sourced from the National Statistics Bureau of China, which was calculated based on power enterprises above designated scale. Power generation output and other generation indicators are collected by CEC based on power plants with capacity over 6MW.

2. Investment is calculated based on the exchange rate of $1=RMB 6.8 yuan