From January to February, the cumulative average utilization hours of power generation equipment in China were 604 hours

A few days ago, the China Electricity Council released the operation profile of the power industry from January to February 2021, showing that from January to February, the cumulative average utilization hours of power generation equipment in the country were 604 hours, an increase of 72 hours
over the same period of the previous year.

From January to February, the average utilization hours of hydropower equipment nationwide was 401 hours, an increase of 21 hours
over the same period of the previous year.
Among the top 10 provinces in terms of installed hydropower capacity, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi and Hubei increased by 71, 70, 55, 31 and 8 hours respectively, while Hunan, Fujian, Qinghai, Guangdong and Zhejiang decreased by 200, 75, 26, 19 and 18 hours
respectively year-on-year.

From January to February, the average utilization hours of thermal power equipment in China were 732 hours (of which the average utilization hours of coal-fired power generation equipment and gas-fired power generation equipment were 762 and 379 hours respectively), an increase of 96 hours
over the same period of the previous year.
A total of 18 provinces in the country have more than 900 hours of thermal power equipment utilization, including more than 900 hours in Gansu and Qinghai, more than 800 hours in Xinjiang, Sichuan, Beijing, Jiangxi, Chongqing, Ningxia, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and Guangxi, and only 66 hours
in Tibet.
Compared with the same period of the previous year, except for Hainan, Heilongjiang, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia, the thermal power utilization hours in other provinces increased year-on-year, of which Chongqing, Guizhou, Zhejiang and Yunnan increased by more than 200 hours, 274, 254, 234 and 234 hours
respectively.

From January to February, the average utilization hours of grid-connected wind power equipment nationwide were 419 hours, an increase of 106 hours
over the same period of the previous year.
Among them, Yunnan's installed capacity of wind power is 8.
81 million kilowatts, ranking 12th, with a utilization hour of 555 hours, ranking first
in equipment utilization hours in provinces with more wind power installations.
In Inner Mongolia (38.
27 million kilowatts), which has the largest installed capacity, the utilization hours of wind power equipment are only 508 hours, which is also second to Jiangsu's 529 hours and ranks third
.

In addition, from January to February, the average utilization hours of nuclear power equipment nationwide were 1,147 hours, an increase of 176 hours over the same period of the previous year; The average utilization hours of solar power generation equipment nationwide were 192 hours, an increase of 25 hours
over the same period of the previous year.