National Energy Administration's online press conference for the fourth quarter of 2020

On October 30, 2020, the National Energy Administration held an online press conference for the fourth quarter to announce the national energy production and consumption situation, the grid-connected operation of renewable energy, and the power supply reliability index for users in 50 major cities across the country.

Energy consumption rebounded, energy supply is strong and effective

In the first three quarters of this year, the National Energy Administration adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, did a solid job of "six stability" and fulfilled the tasks of "six guarantees", and normalized Do a good job in energy development and reform in the prevention and control of the epidemic, and promote high-quality energy development. On the whole, energy production and consumption have gradually picked up, and the supply and demand of coal, electricity, oil and gas have been connected smoothly and orderly, providing strong support for epidemic prevention and control and economic and social stability.

1. National energy production and consumption is gradually picking up

1. From the consumption side, in the third quarter, domestic consumption demand continued to recover, which led to an overall rebound in energy consumption. Electricity consumption has grown rapidly, and the cumulative annual electricity consumption has exceeded the same period last year. During the "peak summer" period, many provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) reached new highs in electricity load, and the national maximum electricity load increased by about 24 million kilowatts compared with last year. The cumulative electricity consumption in the first three quarters increased by about 1.3% year-on-year, and the growth rate increased by 2.6 percentage points from the first half of the year. In terms of industries, the growth rate of power consumption in the secondary industry has increased steadily since April. The growth rate of power consumption in August and September reached 9.9% and 8.6%, and the contribution rate to the growth of electricity consumption reached 83% and 75%. The main force in the growth of electricity consumption; the growth rate of electricity consumption for primary production has been maintained at a relatively high level under the promotion of various policies for strengthening farmers and benefiting farmers. The quarterly growth rate was 6% year-on-year; the tertiary industry's electricity consumption has continued to increase since May, and the growth rate reached 7.5% in August, a new high this year. The cumulative decline in the first three quarters was 0.2% year-on-year, and the rate of decline narrowed by 3.8 percentage points from the first half of the year. Natural gas consumption has grown steadily. Since March, monthly consumption has maintained a positive growth, and the growth rate has increased quarter by quarter. The consumption of refined oil gradually picked up. Resident travel increased, transportation and infrastructure oil consumption continued to steadily rebound, gasoline and diesel consumption continued to improve, and the year-on-year growth rate of refined oil consumption in the third quarter increased by about 12% compared with the second quarter.

2. From the perspective of production, the National Energy Administration actively organizes energy companies to coordinate the promotion of epidemic prevention and control and safe production to ensure effective and effective energy supply. Oil and gas production continued to grow. In the first three quarters, crude oil production was 146 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.7%; natural gas production was 137.1 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 8.7%. Coal production is stable and orderly. Since late March, the daily output has remained at around 10 million tons. In the first three quarters, coal output was 2.79 billion tons, a slight decrease of 0.1% year-on-year. Power supply is safe and stable. Power generation and power grid companies actively fulfill their social responsibilities and take effective measures to ensure the safe and stable supply of electricity for production and life during the "peak summer" period. In the first three quarters, the installed capacity of 6,000 kilowatts and above increased by 5.6% year-on-year. Among them, the installed capacity of wind power and solar power increased by 13.1% and 15.0% year-on-year respectively; clean energy consumption continued to improve, and the utilization rate of wind power and photovoltaic power generation reached 96.6% and 98.3%, respectively, up 0.8 and 0.2 percentage points year-on-year.

2. The overall development of renewable energy is stable, and the consumption of clean energy continues to improve

The installed scale of renewable energy has steadily expanded. As of the end of September 2020, my country’s installed renewable energy power generation capacity reached 837 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 9.6%; of which, hydropower installed capacity was 365 million kilowatts (including 30.89 million kilowatts of pumped storage), wind power installed capacity was 223 million kilowatts, and photovoltaic power generation installed capacity was 223 million. The installed capacity of kW and biomass power generation is 26.16 million kW. The utilization level of renewable energy continues to increase. From January to September 2020, renewable energy power generation reached 1,530.5 billion kWh, an increase of approximately 6.5% year-on-year. Among them, hydropower was 902.5 billion kwh, a year-on-year increase of 1.0%; wind power was 331.7 billion kwh, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%; photovoltaic power generation was 2005 billion kwh, a year-on-year increase of 16.9%; biomass power generation was 95.8 billion kwh, a year-on-year increase of 19.2%.

1. Hydropower construction and operation

In the first three quarters, the country’s newly added hydropower grid-connected capacity was 8.27 million kilowatts. The provinces with more new installed capacity were Sichuan 2.27 million kilowatts, Yunnan 1.7 million kilowatts and Anhui 760,000 kilowatts, accounting for 57.2% of all new installed capacity. As of the end of September 2020, the national installed hydropower capacity was approximately 365 million kilowatts (including 30.89 million kilowatts of pumped storage).

In the first three quarters, the national hydropower generation was 902.5 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 1.0%. In terms of provinces, the top five provinces (regions) in terms of hydropower generation are Sichuan 247.6 billion kWh, Yunnan 193.2 billion kWh, Hubei 121.3 billion kWh, Guizhou 54.6 billion kWh, and Hunan 43 billion kWh. Hydropower generation accounted for 73.1% of the national hydropower generation. In the first three quarters, the average utilization hours of hydropower nationwide was 2,894 hours, a year-on-year decrease of 9 hours.

In the first three quarters, about 24.2 billion kWh of electricity was discarded in major river basins across the country, a decrease of 3.7 billion kWh compared with the same period, and the utilization rate of water energy was about 96.4%, an increase of 0.7 percentage points year-on-year. Abandonment of water mainly occurred in Sichuan Province. The amount of water discarded in its main river basins was about 16.3 billion kWh, a decrease of 6.4 billion kWh compared with the same period. It was mainly concentrated in the main stream of the Dadu River, accounting for about 57% of the province’s abandoned water power; This is an increase compared with last year. About 3.4 billion kWh of water was discarded, an increase of 2.4 billion kWh over the same period last year; the amount of water discarded in other provinces remained relatively low.

2. Wind power construction and operation

In the first three quarters, the country’s new grid-connected installed capacity of wind power was 13.92 million kilowatts, of which 12.34 million kilowatts of onshore wind power and 1.58 million kilowatts of offshore wind power. In terms of the distribution of new installed capacity, the central and eastern and southern regions accounted for approximately 49%, and the "Three Norths" area accounted for 51%. The layout of wind power development has been further optimized. By the end of the third quarter of 2020, the cumulative installed capacity of wind power nationwide was 223 million kilowatts, of which the cumulative installed capacity of onshore wind power was 216 million kilowatts, and the cumulative installed capacity of offshore wind power was 7.5 million kilowatts.

In the first three quarters, the national wind power generation was 331.7 billion kWh, an increase of 13.8% year-on-year; the average utilization hours were 1,546 hours. Among the provinces with higher average utilization hours of wind power, Yunnan was 2,193 hours, Guangxi 1,896 hours, and Sichuan 1,887 hours.

In the first three quarters, the national abandonment of wind power was about 11.6 billion kWh, and the average abandonment rate was 3.4%, which was an improvement from the same period last year, down 0.8% year-on-year. In Xinjiang and Gansu, the abandonment rate dropped significantly year-on-year. The rate of wind abandonment in Gansu was 10.3%, and the rate of wind curtailment in Gansu was 6.4%, down 5.1 and 2.5 percentage points respectively year-on-year.

3. Construction and operation of photovoltaic power generation

In the first three quarters, 18.7 million kilowatts of newly installed photovoltaic power nationwide, of which 10.04 million kilowatts of photovoltaic power plants and 8.66 million kilowatts of distributed photovoltaics. As of the end of September 2020, the cumulative installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation was 223 million kilowatts. From the perspective of the newly installed capacity, the newly installed capacity in North China is 8 million kilowatts, the northeast area is 1.27 million kilowatts, the northwest area is 1.97 million kilowatts, the east China area is 3.5 million kilowatts, and the central China area is newly installed. The total installed capacity is 2.04 million kilowatts, with 1.93 million kilowatts newly installed in South China.

In the first three quarters, the national photovoltaic power generation capacity was 2005 billion kWh, an increase of 16.9% year-on-year; the national average photovoltaic utilization hours were 916 hours, an increase of 6 hours year-on-year; the areas with higher average utilization hours were 1,141 hours in Northeast China and 1,010 hours in North China , Including 1264 hours in Mengxi, 1240 hours in Mengdong and 1170 hours in Heilongjiang.

In the first three quarters, the total amount of electricity abandoned nationwide was approximately 3.43 billion kWh, with an average abandonment rate of 1.7%, a decrease of 0.2% year-on-year. The abandonment of solar power is mainly concentrated in Tibet, Qinghai and Xinjiang. Among them, the amount of solar abandonment in Tibet is 100 million kWh, and the rate of abandonment is 8.7%, down 11.9% year-on-year; the amount of solar abandonment in Qinghai is 940 million kWh, and the rate of abandonment is 7.0%, year-on-year An increase of 1.2 percentage points; Xinjiang wasted 560 million kilowatt-hours of photovoltaic power, and the abandonment rate was 4.5%, a year-on-year decrease of 4.4 percentage points.

4. Construction and operation of biomass power generation

In the first three quarters, the newly installed capacity of biomass power generation reached 2.47 million kilowatts, and the cumulative installed capacity reached 26.17 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 20.3%; in the first three quarters of 2020, biomass power generation was 95.8 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 19.1%, continuing to maintain a steady growth . The top five provinces with cumulative installed capacity are Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, with 3.23 million kilowatts, 2.76 million kilowatts, 2.16 million kilowatts, 2.09 million kilowatts, and 2.04 million kilowatts; the province with more new installed capacity is Henan , Guangdong, Shandong, Jiangxi and Anhui, respectively 430,000 kilowatts, 300,000 kilowatts, 250,000 kilowatts, 190,000 kilowatts and 150,000 kilowatts; the top five provinces in terms of annual power generation are Guangdong, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui , Respectively, 12 billion kwh, 11.5 billion kwh, 9.2 billion kwh, 8.2 billion kwh and 8.2 billion kwh.

3. The overall reliability of power supply remains stable and positive

In the first three quarters, the average power supply reliability rate of power supply companies in 50 major cities across the country was 99.953%, an increase of 0.024 percentage points year-on-year. Among them, the average power supply reliability rate in urban areas (including: downtown areas, urban areas, and towns) is 99.977%, and the average power supply reliability rate in rural areas is 99.938%.

1. The average power outage time in major cities across the country decreased by 1.48 hours/household year-on-year

In the first three quarters, the average power outage time for users of power supply companies in 50 major cities across the country was 3.11 hours per household, a year-on-year decrease of 1.48 hours per household. Among them, the five cities with the shortest average user outage time are Shenzhen, Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou, and Qingdao, which are 0.30, 0.54, 0.56, 0.57, and 0.58 hours per household respectively; the five cities with the longest average user outage time are Lhasa, Changchun, Lanzhou, Chongqing, and Chengdu are 20.21, 9.75, 8.68, 8.31, 7.40 hours per household, respectively.

The average power outage time for users in urban areas is 1.50 hours per household. Among them, the five cities with the shortest average user outage time are Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, which are 0.26, 0.26, 0.28, 0.29, and 0.37 hours/household respectively; the five cities with the longest average outage time by users are Lhasa, Lanzhou, Wenzhou, Urumqi, and Changchun are 17.07, 5.81, 4.97, 4.36, and 3.70 hours per household, respectively.

The average power outage time for users in rural areas is 4.10 hours per household. Among them, the five cities with the shortest average user outage time are Shenzhen, Qingdao, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Foshan, with 0.42, 0.68, 0.68, 0.72, and 0.74 hours per household respectively; the five cities with the longest average user outage time are Lhasa, Changchun, Harbin, Xi'an and Chongqing are 25.47, 12.14, 11.75, 10.98, 10.96 hours per household, respectively.

The average power outage time of users in rural areas of 50 major cities is generally higher than that in urban areas. The five cities with the largest differences are Harbin, Changchun, Lhasa, Chongqing, and Xi’an. The gap between rural and urban areas is 8.76, 8.43, 8.40, 7.71, 7.36, respectively. Hour/household.

2. The average number of power outages by users decreased by 0.26 times/household year-on-year

In the first three quarters, the average number of power outages for users of power supply companies in 50 major cities across the country was 0.90 times/household, a decrease of 0.26 times/household year-on-year. Among them, the five cities with the lowest average number of power outages by users are Shenzhen, Nanjing, Shanghai, Qingdao, and Xiamen, with 0.16, 0.16, 0.19, 0.25, and 0.26 times/household respectively; the five cities with the most average number of power outages by users are Lhasa and Changchun , Urumqi, Guiyang, Taiyuan, respectively, 7.06, 2.87, 2.41, 1.98, 1.86 times per household.

The average number of power outages for users in urban areas is 0.44 times per household. Among them, the five cities with the lowest average number of power outages by users are Shanghai, Nanjing, Xiamen, Fuzhou, and Shenzhen, with 0.09, 0.11, 0.12, 0.14, and 0.14 times/household respectively; the five cities with the highest average number of power outages by users are Lhasa and Urumqi , Wenzhou, Hefei, Guiyang, 6.23, 1.78, 1.12, 1.07, 1.06 times per household, respectively.

The average number of power outages for users in rural areas is 1.18 times per household. Among them, the five cities with the lowest average number of power outages by users are Nanjing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Qingdao, and Dongguan, with 0.20, 0.23, 0.27, 0.32, and 0.34 times/household respectively; the five cities with the most average number of power outages by users are Lhasa and Changchun , Haikou, Urumqi, Guiyang, 8.44, 3.59, 3.03, 2.96, 2.82 times per household respectively.

The average number of power outages in rural areas of the 50 major cities is generally greater than that in urban areas. The five cities with the largest differences are Changchun, Nanchang, Lhasa, Haikou, and Taiyuan. The gap between rural and urban areas is 2.55, 2.37, 2.21, 2.13, and 2.01 respectively. / Household.

3. Power failure is the main cause of power failure

In the first three quarters, the main reason for power outages in power supply companies in 50 major cities across the country was faulty outages, which resulted in an average outage time of 1.61 hours per household, accounting for 51.63% of the total outage time. In the event of a power failure, external factors such as short-circuit of foreign objects and external force damage accounted for 33.86%, natural factors such as lightning and typhoons accounted for 32.59%, and design and construction accounted for 19.33%.

The secondary cause of power outages in power supply companies in 50 major cities across the country was planned outages, which resulted in an average outage time of 1.50 hours per household, accounting for 48.37% of the total outage time. Among the planned power outages, maintenance factors such as power supply and distribution facilities planning and temporary maintenance accounted for 50.43%, and power outage factors such as construction of the power grid internally and externally accounted for 47.02%.