Major Indicators of China's Power Industry for February 2011
Announced by China Electricity Council on March. 18, 2011
Description Unit Current Month YoY Growth (%) Accumulation of the year YoY Growth (%)
National power generation output 100-Million KWH 3,101 15.40% 6,773 11.70%
Of which: Hydropower 100-Million KWH 325 28.60% 724 32.90%
               Thermal power 100-Million KWH 2,624 13.70% 5,737 9.10%
               Nuclear power 100-Million KWH 60 9.70% 136 20.40%
               Wind power 100-Million KWH 51 48.40% 113 57.70%
Installed capacity of units above 6MW 10-megawatt     93,846 10.90%
Of which: Hydropower 10-megawatt     18,200 10.20%
               Thermal power 10-megawatt     71,210 9.30%
               Nuclear power 10-megawatt     1,082 19.20%
               Wind power 10-megawatt     3,293 66.30%
National power consumption 100-Million KWH 3,136 15.82% 7,025 12.32%
First industry 100-Million KWH 58 6.55% 129 3.91%
Second industry 100-Million KWH 2,169 13.44% 5,073 11.41%
Tertiary industry 100-Million KWH 408 19.71% 852 15.88%
Households consumption 100-Million KWH 501 25.10% 971 15.37%
National average utilization hours of power equipment hour     735 6.00%
Of which: Hydropower hour     376 55.00%
               Thermal power hour     835 1.00%
Naitonal plant service power consupmtion ratio %     5 -0.35%
Investment in power source construction $ Billion     6  
Investment in grid construction $ Billion     3  
Newly added capacity of power generation equipment 10-megawatt     1,231  
Of which: Hydropower 10-megawatt     48  
               Thermal power 10-megawatt     991  
               Nuclear power 10-megawatt     0  
               Wind power 10-megawatt     188  
Newly added capacity of transfomer substations at 220-kv or above 10-megavolt-ampere     2,502  
Newly added length  of transmission lines 221-kv or above Kilometer     3,170  

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