CEC Issues Monthly Report on China's Power Industry for November 2011

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--From January to November 2011, the accumulative power generation output of power plants above designated size (with annual income over CNY 20 million) reached 4,193.9 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), an increase of 12.0% year over year, according to the Monthly Report on Power Industry issued by China Electricity Council (CEC) on December 19, 2011.

Click on the image at right to view a table showing the breakdown of China's Power Industry Growth for 2011

Hydropower reached 567.6 billion kWh, a drop of 1.4%; that of thermal power reached 3,461.2 billion kWh, an increase of 13.9%; that of nuclear power reached 7.96 billion kWh, an increase of 17.7%; that of power plants under united dispatching in major grids reached 3,959.2 billion kWh, up by 11.45% year over year, and the maximum power output reached 649.11 gigawatts (GW), a jump of 12.45% year over year.

From January to November 2011, the accumulative social power consumption of China reached 4,283.5 billion kWh, an increase of 11.85% year over year. Of which, the overall social power consumption reached 383.6 billion kWh in November 2011, an increase of 9.91% year over year. From January to November 2011, the accumulative power consumption of industrial users reached 3,154.6 billion kWh, an increase of 12.03% year over year. Of which, the growth in light and heavy industry reached 9.19% and 12.62% respectively.

In view from different regions, there are 17 provinces (regions) with growth in power consumption above the national average level (11.85%). Of which, Xinjiang (28.40%) is in top of the rankings, followed by Ningxia (28.33%), Inner Mongolia (21.98%), Qinghai (19.97%), Jiangxi (18.42%), Yunnan (17.54%), Hainan (16.63%), Gansu (15.73%), Fujian (15.63%), Chongqing (14.91%), Shaanxi (13.83%), Shanxi (13.28%), Anhui (13.17%), Sichuan (12.87%), Guizhou (12.37%), Henan (11.99%) and Guangxi (11.89%).

From January to November 2011, the average accumulated utilization hour of power generation equipment in China reached 4,353 hours, an increase of 80 hours year over year. Of which, the average utilization hour of hydropower equipment reached 2,871 hours, a drop of 373 hours; and the average utilization hour of thermal power equipment reached 4,822 hours, an increase of 246 hours year over year.

From January to November 2011, China's investment in power source construction reached $48.33 billion. Of which, the infrastructure investment in hydropower reached $12.22 billion, that of thermal power reached $14.3 billion; that of nuclear power reached $10.25 billion. From January to November 2011, China's investment in grid construction reached $48.66 billion.

As of the end of November 2011, the installed capacity of power equipment in plants with capacity over 6 megawatt (MW) reached 990.71 GW, an increase of 9.7% year over year. Of which, the installed capacity of hydropower reached 192.39 GW, an increase of 7.7% year over year; that of thermal power reached 745.29 GW, an increase of 8.5%; that of nuclear power reached 11.91 GW, an increase of 10.1%; and that of wind power reached 39.97 GW, a jump of 52.9% year over year.

(Note: Investment is calculated based on the exchange rate of $1=CNY 6.4 Chinese yuan)

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