China Electricity Union: In the first eight months, wind power was connected to the grid 140 million kilowatts

The China Electricity Union recently announced the operation of
the power industry from January to August 2016.
Among them, as of the end of August, the installed capacity of power plants of 6,000 kilowatts and above in the country was 1.
54 billion kilowatts, an increase of 11.
2% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 2.
2 percentage points
higher than the same period of the previous year.
Among them, hydropower is 280 million kilowatts, thermal power is 1.
02 billion kilowatts, nuclear power is 31.
35 million kilowatts, and grid-connected wind power is 140 million kilowatts
.

From January to August, the country's electricity supply and demand were generally loose.

The growth rate of electricity consumption in the whole society increased year-on-year, and the electricity consumption of the tertiary industry and urban and rural residents increased rapidly; The cumulative growth rate of electricity consumption in industry and manufacturing increased year-on-year; The monthly electricity consumption of the high-capacity industry has been positive for two consecutive months, while the electricity consumption of the steel and chemical industries in the month has decreased year-on-year; The installed capacity of power generation continued to grow rapidly, and the monthly power generation of thermal power increased for three consecutive months.
The utilization hours of hydropower equipment were the highest in the same period in nearly ten years, and the decline in thermal power utilization hours continued to expand; The scale of new infrastructure installations increased
year-on-year.

By the end of August, the installed capacity of power plants of 6,000 kilowatts and above in the country was 1.
54 billion kilowatts, an increase of 11.
2% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 2.
2 percentage points
higher than the same period last year.
Among them, hydropower is 280 million kilowatts, thermal power is 1.
02 billion kilowatts, nuclear power is 31.
35 million kilowatts, and grid-connected wind power is 140 million kilowatts
.
From January to August, the power generation of power plants above designated size in the country was 3,877.
2 billion kWh, an increase of 3.
0% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 2.
5 percentage points
higher than the same period of the previous year.

From January to August, the hydropower generation capacity of power plants above designated size in the country was 715.
7 billion kWh, an increase of 12.
0% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 6.
3 percentage points
higher than the same period of the previous year.
The top three provinces in the country for hydropower generation are Sichuan (173.
6 billion kWh), Yunnan (121.
9 billion kWh) and Hubei (102.
4 billion kWh), with a combined hydropower generation capacity accounting for 55.
6% of the country's hydropower generation, with year-on-year growth rates of 9.
3%, 0.
6% and 20.
5%
respectively.

From January to August, the thermal power generation capacity of power plants above designated size in the country was 2,863.
9 billion kWh, down 0.
5% year-on-year, and the decline was 1.
7 percentage points
narrower than the same period last year.
Among the provinces, 7 provinces increased thermal power generation by more than 5% year-on-year, namely Beijing (11.
8%), Anhui (9.
3%), Zhejiang (6.
3%), Shaanxi (6.
0%), Shandong (5.
4%), Xinjiang (5.
3%) and Jiangsu (5.
2%).
Thermal power generation in 19 provinces across the country showed negative growth, of which Fujian (-22.
6%) and Hunan (-21.
2%) decreased by more than 20%
year-on-year.
In August, the thermal power generation capacity of power plants above designated size in the country was 413.
8 billion kWh, an increase of 7.
5%
year-on-year.

From January to August, the country's nuclear power generation capacity was 136.
4 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 23.
7%, and the growth rate was 10.
2 percentage points
lower than the same period last year.

From January to August, the national wind power plants of 6,000 kilowatts and above generated 154.
1 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 26.
8%, and the growth rate was 3.
3 percentage points
higher than the same period of the previous year.