China's Power Consumption Increases 10.24% in September

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In September 2009, China's overall social power consumption reached 322.41 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), a 10.24% increase year over year, according to a monthly report published by the China Electricity Council on October 15, 2009.

Click on image at right to view a table showing the breakdown of China's Power Consumption.

From January to September, China's overall social power consumption reached 2,663.55 billion kWh, a 1.4% increase compared with the same period in 2008. Of that amount, power consumption in the first industry reached 72.46 billion kWh, a 6.35% increase; consumption in the second industry reached 1,954.94 billion kWh, a 1.67% drop; consumption in the third industry reached 293.50 billion kWh, an 11.26% increase; and consumption in the household of urban and township residents reached 342.65 billion kWh, up 11.73% year over year.

From January to September, the overall power consumption of industry reached 1,927.26 billion kWh, a 1.8% drop year over year. Of that amount, the growth in light and heavy industry dropped 2.74% and 1.6%, respectively.

There are a total of 17 provinces and regions with increases above the national average level (1.4%). Xinjiang jumped to the top in the rankings (9.9%), followed by Jiangxi (7.95%), Hainan (7.87%), Anhui (7.57%),Yunnan (7.25%), Hunan (6.63%), Hebei (6.41), Beijing (5.25%), Chongqing (5.11%), Sichuan (4.02%), Guangxi (3.81%), Guizhou (3.71%), Shandong (3.23%), Fujian (2.44%), Tianjin(2.03%), Zhejiang (1.92%) and Hubei (1.67%).

From January to September, the national investment in power source projects reached $29.15 billion. (The investment in power source projects from January to August was corrected to $24.85 billion). As of the end of September 2008, the total installed capacity of power plants of 6 MW or more in China reached 800.18 million kW, a 9.2% increase year over year. Of that amount, installed capacity of hydropower reached 155.51 million kW, a 14.1% increase; thermal power reached 622.03 million kW, a 7.2% increase; nuclear power reached 9.08 million kW, remaining at the same level; and wind power reached 13.33 million kW, an 88.8% increase.

From January to September, the average accumulated utilization of power generation equipment in China reached 3,352 hours, a drop of 283 hours year over year. Of that amount, the average utilization hour of hydropower equipment reached 2,671 hours, a drop of 180 hours year over year; and the average utilization hour of thermal power equipment reached 3,515 hours, a drop of 284 hours year over year. From January to September, the average coal consumption in power supply reached 341 grams per kWh, a drop of 6 grams per kWh year over year; the accumulated plant service power consumption rate reached 5.88%, of which hydropower was 0.60% and thermal power was 6.68%; and line-loss rate reached 6.21%, an increase of 0.24% year over year.

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