China's Electric Power Industry Development in 2012

In 2012, China overcame the difficulties of the global economic downturn and foreign trade's drastic decline. It made progress in stability and progress, and the economy continued to develop steadily and rapidly. The gross domestic product was 5,133.2 billion yuan, an increase of 7.8%. The proportion of high-tech and tertiary industries increased, and the structure improved. Total retail sales of goods reached 2,076.7 billion yuan, an increase of 12.1%, total investment in fixed assets was 6,648.3 billion yuan, an increase of 19.3%, and imports and exports of foreign trade completed 3.87 trillion US dollars, an increase of 6.2%, 16.3 percentage points lower than last year.

The growth rate of power generation is determined by the GDP growth rate and the power elasticity coefficient reflecting the changes in the power structure. The GDP growth rate slows down by 1.5 percentage points, the economic structure adjustment is strengthened, the power-saving and consumption-reducing effects and other factors comprehensively affect the power supply. The elasticity coefficient was significantly reduced, and electricity consumption was significantly reduced. In 2012, the electricity consumption was 4.9591 trillion kWh, an increase of 5.5%, which was 6.2 percentage points lower than the previous year. The main reason for the decrease in growth rate is that the electricity consumption of steel, non-ferrous metals, chemicals, and building materials, which occupy about 40% of electricity, has not increased much, or even negative growth. For example, the cumulative growth in electricity consumption in the industry from January to November. Iron and steel industry-4.39, non-ferrous metal industry7.59, chemical industry-0.15, building materials0.15.

In 2012, the power generation amounted to 4,978,400 million kWh, an increase of 5.2%; of which hydropower was good, 864.1 billion kWh, an increase of 29.3%; thermal power was 3910.8 billion kWh, an increase of 0.3%; nuclear power was 98.2 billion kWh, an increase of 12.6%; wind power 100 billion kwh, an increase of 35.5%; solar power and other 3.5 billion kwh, an increase of 414%.

The per capita generating capacity is 3676 kWh/year, which is about 40% of the developed countries.

The coefficient of power elasticity was 0.67, a decrease of 0.61 from 1.28 in the previous year. The sound economic development of the country is the result of optimizing and adjusting the industrial structure. It is normal and reasonable.

Electricity investment increased over the previous year. CEC's new installed capacity for power generation was 80.2 million kilowatts, a decrease of 10.21 million kilowatts from the previous year; the country's total installed power generation capacity was 1144.91 million kilowatts, an increase of 7.8%.

New achievements in power construction have been achieved. The world's largest Three Gorges Hydropower Station (22.5 million kilowatts) has been completed and put into operation, and a number of large-scale hydropower stations such as Xiangjiaba, Jinping II, Guandi, and Nuozhadu have been put into operation. Nuclear power approved the national nuclear safety plan and the long-term development plan for nuclear power. The 50,000 kW fast breeder test reactor was formally put into operation, and the Rongcheng Shidao high-temperature gas-cooled reactor Hetianwan #3#4 nuclear power unit was started. Wind power continued to develop rapidly, adding 12.25 million kilowatts of grid-connected capacity. Photovoltaic power generation started well with 1.19 million kilowatts of new grid-connected power generation. The proportion of natural gas power generation increased.

In 2012, the company put into operation 30,161 kilometers of 220,000-volt and above power transmission lines, with a capacity of 180,208,000 kilovolt-ampere-transformed capacity; the total length of 220,000-volt or more transmission lines in the country was 506,600 kilometers, with a capacity of 2.277 billion kVA, ranking first in the world. The ±800 kV Jinping-Sunan UHV DC transmission project with a capacity of 7.2 million kilowatts was completed and put into production. The construction of the ±800 kV high-voltage direct current transmission project from Jizhadu to Guangdong, Hami-Zhengzhou, Xiluodu to Zhejiang West and Huainan to Weinan were completed. , North Zhejiang, Shanghai 1000 kV double return UHV AC transmission project.

The power supply and demand situation of the six major power grids in the country is in good condition, and the basic balance has no power cuts.

Large hydropower projects in Sichuan, Yunnan, and the Three Gorges have been delivered well. Some large-scale wind power bases in northern China have experienced more wind and wind erosion.

West Power Transmission capacity has been enhanced. During the period from January to November in the country, the transmission of electricity across regions reached 661.3 billion kWh, an increase of 14.15%; the South China Power Grid sent 114.2 billion kWh of electricity to the east, an increase of 24.9%.

The coal consumption for power supply was 326 grams of standard coal/kWh, down 3 grams/kWh. The national power generation and heating coal is about 1.3 billion tons of standard coal.

The number of hours of use of power generation equipment in the country was 4,572, of which thermal power was 4,965 hours, a decrease of 536 hours from the previous year.