China Needs Coal Power Now:Power Output from China's Central Grid Jumps 30% in February 2008
BEIJING--March 12, 2008--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In February 2008, the central Chinese power grid's output reached 34 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), up 30% compared with the same period last year. Hydropower output reached 5.62 billion kWh, an increase of 27% year over year, and thermal power output reached 28.38 billion kWh, up 31% year over year, according to a report released on March 10, 2008, by the Central China Grid Company Limited (Wuhan, China). The grid's maximum load reached 68.53 million kilowatts, and the monthly average load rate reached 82.78%.
The total interprovince power transmission in the grid reached 2.51 billion kWh:
•Henan-Hubei: 865.71 million kWh
•Hubei-Hunan: 424.48 million kWh
•Hubei-Jiangxi: 237.63 million kWh
•Hubei-Chongqing: 721.36 million kWh
•Chongqing-Sichuan: 257.85 million kWh
Precipitation in most regions covered by the central grid was less than annual average, except for in Sichuan and Chongqing, which had 10% to 50% more precipitation compared with the annual average. The total precipitation in Henan, Hubei and Hunan was 50% to80% less than the annual average, and the area southeast of Henan had less than half of the annual average. There were no power outages caused by flood discharge for peak-load regulation.
In March, the grid's total planned power output is 39.83 billion kWh, and the interprovince power transmission will be 5.43 billion kWh:
•Henan-Hubei: 1.91 billion kWh
•Hubei-Hunan: 680 million kWh
•Hubei-Jiangxi: 391 million kWh
•Hubei-Chongqing: 1.52 billion kWh
•Chongqing-Sichuan: 932 million kWh
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