China's Power Output Jumps 14.44% in 2007

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--China's Power Industry maintained fast, healthy growth in 2007, with the total power output nationwide reaching about 3.3 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), up 14.4% year over year, according to a report by the China Electricity Council on January 13, 2008. Hydropower output reached 486.7 billion kWh, up 17.61% year over year, and thermal power output reached about 2.7 billion kWh, up 13.82% year over year. Nuclear power output reached 62.6 billion kWh, up 14.05% year over year.

•Power consumption in the first industry (agriculture-plantations, forestry, livestock and fisheries) reached 86 billion kWh, an increase of 5.19%.
•Power consumption in the second industry (construction, manufacturing and energy production) reached about 2.5 trillion kWh, an increase of 15.66%.
•Power consumption in the third industry (service and transportation) reached 316.7 billion kWh, an increase of 12.08%.
•Power consumption in the urban and township residential area reached 358.4 billion kWh, an increase of 10.55%.

Up until the end of 2007, the total installed capacity of power plants reached 713.29 million kilowatts (kW), an increase of 14.36% year over year:
•Hydropower: 145.26 million kW, up 20.36%
•Thermal power: 554.42 million kW, up 14.59%
•Nuclear power: 8.85 million kW, up 29.2%

Six provinces and regions had increases in power output of more than 20%:
•Guangxi: 29.4%
•Inner Mongolia: 28.6%
•Fujian: 26.7%
•Yunnan: 22.2%
•Chongqing: 21%
•Hunan: 20.3%

Three provinces and regions had increases of more than 30% in installed capacity:
•Guangxi: 48.6%
•Anhui: 39.8%
•Inner Mongolia: 38.9%

China's overall power consumption in 2007 reached about 3.25 billion kWh, up 14.42% year over year. The average accumulated utilization time of power-generation equipment nationwide reached 5,011 hours, a drop of 187 hours year over year. The average utilization time of hydropower equipment was 3,532 hours, an increase of 139 hours; the average utilization time of thermal power equipment was 5,316 hours, a drop of 296 hours; the average utilization time of nuclear power equipment was 7,737 hours, a drop of 69 hours.

Average coal consumption in the nation's power supply was 357 g/kWh, a drop of 10 g/kWh year over year.

The total newly added production capacity (in operation) nationwide reached 100.09 million kW:
•Hydropower: 13.07 million kW
•Thermal power: 81.58 million kW
•Wind power: 2.96 million kW
•Nuclear power: 21.2 million kW
Newly added substation capacity in grids of 220 kilovolts (kV) or more reached 188.48 million kilovolt-amperes, and the total length of newly added transmission lines of 220 kV or higher reached 41,500 kilometers.

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