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In November 2009, China's overall social power consumption reached 328.39 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), an increase of 27.63 percent year-over-year, according to the monthly report published by China Electricity Council on December 14, 2009.

From January through November 2009, China's overall social power consumption reached 3,299.08 billion kWh, a 4.77 percent increase when compared to the same period last year. Of which, power consumption in the first industry reached 86.99 billion kWh, an 8.09 percent increase; in the second industry reached 2,437.88 billion kWh, a 2.62 percent drop; in the third industry reached 357.54 billion kWh, an 11.60 percent increase; and in the household of urban and township residents reached 416.68 billion kWh, up 11.87 percent year-on-year. From January through November, the overall power consumption of industry reached 2,403.64 billion kWh, a 2.52 percent drop year-on-year. Of which, the power consumption in light industry dropped 0.6 percent, while the power consumption in heavy industry increased 3.21 percent.

There are a total of 15 provinces and regions with increases above the national average level (4.77 percent). Xinjiang jumped to the top in the rankings (11.30 percent), followed by Guizhou (10.84 percent), Hebei (10.63 percent), Jiangxi (10.27 percent), Hunan (10.13 percent), Yunnan (10.10 percent), Anhui (9.65 percent), Hainan (8.66 percent), Guangxi (8.64 percent), Chongqing (8.30 percent), Sichuan (7.94 percent), Beijing (6.69 percent), Shandong (6.11 percent), Hubei (5.71 percent) and Tianjin(5.24 percent).

From January to November, the national investment in power source projects reached $41.33 billion. Of which, the investment for hydropower, thermal power, nuclear power and wind power reached $9.62 billion, $16.73 billion, $7.01 billion and $7.21 billion, respectively.

As of the end of November 2009, the total installed capacity of power plants sized 6 MW or above in China reached 814.16 million kilowatts (kW), a 9.6 percent increase year-on-year. Of which, installed capacity of hydropower and wind power reached 158.73 million kW and 14.69 million kW, an increase of 14.3 percent and 85.6 percent year-over-year, respectively; that of thermal power reached 631.39 million kW, a 7.6 percent increase; and nuclear power reached 9.08 million kW, which remained the same as the previous year.

From January to November, the average accumulated utilization hour of power generation equipment in China reached 4,138 hours, a drop of 189 hours year-on-year. Of which, the average utilization hour of hydropower equipment reached 3,165 hours, a drop of 318 hours year-on-year; and the average utilization hour of thermal power equipment reached 4,377 hours, a drop of 130 hours year-on-year. From January to November, the average coal consumption in power supply reached 339 g/kWh, a drop of 6 g/kWh year-on-year; the accumulated plant service power consumption rate reached 5.88 percent, of which hydropower 0.62 percent, thermal power 6.67 percent; line-loss rate reached 6.07 percent, an increase of 0.21 percent point year-on-year.

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