Energy Production in September 2024

I. Coal, Crude Petroleum Oil and Natural Gas Production and Relevant Information

Coal production accelerated. In September, 410 million tons of coal were produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 4.4 percent year on year, a growth rate of 1.6 percentage points faster than that of August, with an average daily output of 13.815 million tons. The import of coal stood at 47.59 million tons, up by 13.0 percent year on year.

From January to September, 3.48 billion tons of coal were produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 0.6 percent year on year. The import of coal stood at 390 million tons, up by 11.9 percent year on year.

Crude petroleum oil production enjoyed steady growth. In September, 17.07 million tons of crude petroleum oil were produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 1.1 percent year on year, with an average daily output of 569,000 tons. The import of crude petroleum oil stood at 45.49 million tons, down by 0.5 percent year on year.

From January to September, 159.87 million tons of crude petroleum oil were produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 2.0 percent year on year. The import of crude petroleum oil stood at 412.39 million tons, down by 2.8 percent year on year.

Crude petroleum oil processing declined. In September, 58.73 million tons of crude petroleum oil were processed by industrial enterprises above the designated size, down by 5.4 percent year on year; with an average daily processing capacity of 1.958 million tons. From January to September, 531.26 million tons of crude petroleum oil were processed by industrial enterprises above the designated size, down by 1.6 percent year on year.

Natural gas production saw steady growth. In September, 19.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 6.8 percent year on year, with an average daily output of 640 million cubic meters. The import of natural gas was 11.99 million tons, up by 19.0 percent year on year.

From January to September, 183.0 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 6.6 percent year on year. The import of natural gas stood at 99.08 million tons, up by 13.0 percent year on year.

II. Electricity Generation

The power generation of industrial enterprises above the designated size accelerated. In September, 802.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 6.0 percent year on year, a growth rate of 0.2 percentage point faster than that in August, with an average daily electricity generation capacity of 26.75 billion kilowatt-hours. From January to September, 7.0560 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity were generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size, up by 5.4 percent year on year.

From the perspective of energy sources, in September, the growth rate of thermal power and wind power generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size accelerated; that of hydropower generation changed from an increase to a decrease; that of nuclear-power and solar power generation slowed down. Among them, the thermal power generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 8.9 percent year on year, a growth rate of 5.2 percentage points faster than that in August; the hydropower generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size decreased by 14.6 percent year on year, compared with an increase of 10.7 percent in August; the nuclear-power generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 2.8 percent, with a growth rate of 2.1 percentage points slower than that in August; the wind power generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 31.6 percent, with a growth rate of 25.0 percentage points faster than that in August; the solar power generated by industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 12.7 percent, with a growth rate of 9.0 percentage points slower than that in August.

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 the industrial enterprises above the designated size, and the statistical scope is industrial enterprises with an annual main business revenue of 20 million yuan and above.

Because the scope of industrial enterprises above the designated size changes every year, to ensure that this year's data is comparable with the previous year's, the cumulative figures for the same period last year used to calculate year-on-year growth rates for product output and other indicators are consistent with the statistical scope of enterprises in the current period. And there may be a discrepancy in statistical standard and coverage between the data released this year and last year.

3. Data Source

Import data came from the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, of which September 2024 data is express data.

4. Conversion relationship of natural gas units: 1 ton is equal to 1,380 cubic meters.