Energy Production in November 2023
In November, the production of main energy of industries above the designated size kept a year-on-year growth. Compared with October, the growth rates of raw coal, crude oil, natural gas and power production have all accelerated.
I. Raw Coal, Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production and Relevant Information
The growth rate of raw coal production accelerated, and that of the import maintained rapid growth. In November, 410 million tons of raw coal were produced, up by 4.6 percent year on year, a growth rate of 0.8 percentage point faster than that of the previous month, with an average daily output of 13.799 million tons. The import of coal was 43.51 million tons, up by 34.7 percent year on year, a growth rate of 11.4 percentage points faster than that of the previous month.
From January to November, 4.24 billion tons of raw coal were produced, up by 2.9 percent year on year. The import of coal was 430 million tons, up by 62.8 percent year on year.
The growth rate of crude oil production accelerated, and that of the import changed from increasing to decreasing. In November, 17.20 million tons of crude oil were produced, up by 2.6 percent year on year, a growth rate of 2.1 percentage points faster than that of the previous month, with an average daily output of 573,000 tons. The import of crude oil was 42.45 million tons, down by 9.2 percent year on year, compared with an increase of 13.6% in October.
From January to November, 191.25 million tons of crude oil were produced, up by 1.8 percent year on year. The import of crude oil was 515.65 million tons, up by 12.1 percent year on year.
The crude oil processing maintained growth. In November, 59.53 million tons of crude oil were processed, up by 0.2 percent year on year, a growth rate of 8.9 percentage points slower than that of the previous month, with an average daily processing capacity of 1.984 million tons. From January to November, 676.22 million tons of crude oil were processed, up by 10.1 percent year on year.
The growth rate of natural gas production accelerated, and that of the import kept steady growth. In November, 19.9 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced, up by 5.3 percent year on year, a growth rate of 2.7 percentage points faster than that of the previous month, with an average daily output of 660 million cubic meters. The import of natural gas was 10.95 million tons, up by 6.1 percent year on year, a growth rate of 10.0 percentage points slower than that of the previous month.
From January to November, 209.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced, up by 6.0 percent year on year. The import of natural gas was 107.40 million tons, up by 8.5 percent year on year.
II. Electric Power Production
The growth rate of power generation accelerated. In November, the power generation was 731.0 billion kWh, up by 8.4 percent year on year, a growth rate of 3.2 percentage points faster than that of the previous month, with an average daily power generation of 24.37 billion kWh. From January to November, the power generation was 8.0732 trillion kWh, up by 4.8 percent year on year.
From the perspective of energy sources, in November, the growth rate of thermal power and solar power generation accelerated, that of hydropower generation slowed down, that of wind power generation changed from decreasing to increasing and the decline of nuclear power generation expanded. Among them, the growth rate of thermal power generation increased by 6.3 percent, 2.3 percentage points faster than that of the previous month; that of hydropower generation increased by 5.4 percent, 16.4 percentage points slower than the previous month; that of nuclear power generation decreased by 2.4 percent, the decline of it was 2.2 percentage points higher than that of the previous month; that of wind generation increased by 26.6 percent, compared with a decline of 13.1 percent in October; that of solar power generation increased by 35.4 percent, 20.1 percentage points faster than that of the previous month.
Annotations:
1. Explanatory Notes
Average daily product output: It is calculated by dividing the total output of industrial enterprises above the designated size announced in that month by the calendar days of that month.
2. Statistical Coverage
The statistical caliber of the output data in the report is above the designated size of industry, and the statistical scope is industrial enterprises with an annual main business income of more than 20 million yuan.
Because the scope of industrial enterprises above the designated size changes every year, in order to ensure that this year's data is comparable with the previous year's, the same period used to calculate the growth rate of various indicators such as product output is consistent with the statistical scope of enterprises in this period, and there is a caliber difference between the data released this year and last year.
3. Data Source
Import data comes from the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, of which November data are express data.
4. Conversion relationship of natural gas units: 1 ton is equal to 1,380 cubic meters.