Power generation increased by 0.3% year-on-year! Energy production situation in April 2020 is released

Polaris Thermal Power Grid News:In April, the production of industrial raw coal above designated size maintained rapid growth, crude oil and electricity production changed from decline to increase, and natural gas production accelerated.

1. Raw coal, crude oil and natural gas production and related situations

Raw coal production is growing rapidly. In April, 320 million tons of raw coal were produced, an increase of 6.0% year-on-year, a decrease of 3.6 percentage points from the previous month; the average daily output was 10.74 million tons, a decrease of 140,000 tons month-on-month. From January to April, 1.15 billion tons of raw coal were produced, an increase of 1.3% year-on-year.

Coal imports grew rapidly, and trading prices fell. In April, 30.95 million tons of coal were imported, an increase of 22.3% year-on-year; from January to April, 130 million tons of coal were imported, an increase of 26.9% year-on-year. The comprehensive trading price of coal at the port continued to fall. On May 8, the coal prices of 5500, 5000 and 4500 kcal of Qinhuangdao Port were 501 yuan, 442 yuan and 396 yuan per ton, respectively, down 39 yuan, 41 yuan and 36 yuan respectively from April 3.

Crude oil production is stable, and processing volume is reduced to increase. In April, 15.87 million tons of crude oil were produced, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%, and the growth rate turned from negative to positive, down 0.1% last month, with an average daily output of 529,000 tons; 53.85 million tons of crude oil were processed, a year-on-year increase of 0.8%, down 6.6% last month, with an average daily processing of 1.795 million tons. From January to April, 64.44 million tons of crude oil were produced, an increase of 2.0% year-on-year; 203.48 million tons of crude oil were processed, a decrease of 3.4% year-on-year.

Crude oil imports fell, and international crude oil prices fluctuated at low levels. In April, 40.43 million tons of crude oil were imported, down 7.5% year-on-year. From January to April, 167.61 million tons of crude oil were imported, an increase of 1.7% year-on-year. On April 30, the spot offshore price of Brent crude oil was US$18.11 per barrel, up 22.0% from US$14.85 per barrel on March 31.

Natural gas production is accelerating. In April, 16.1 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced, an increase of 14.3% year-on-year, accelerating by 3.1 percentage points from the previous month, with an average daily output of 540 million cubic meters. From January to April, 64.4 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced, an increase of 10.3% year-on-year.

Natural gas imports increased slightly. In April, 7.73 million tons of natural gas were imported, an increase of 1.0% year-on-year. From January to April, 32.33 million tons of natural gas were imported, an increase of 1.5% year-on-year.

2. Electricity production situation

Electricity production has changed from decline to increase. In April,Power generation554.3 billion kWh, an increase of 0.3% year-on-year, down 4.6% last month, with an average daily power generation of 18.48 billion kWh, an increase of 660 million kWh month-on-month. From January to April, the power generation was 213.88 billion kWh, a year-on-year decrease of 5.0%.

By variety, April,Thermal powerThe growth rate turned from negative to positive, the decline in hydropower expanded, the growth rate of wind power fell, and the growth rate of nuclear power and solar power generation accelerated. Among them, thermal power increased by 1.2% year-on-year, down 7.5% last month; hydropower fell by 9.2%, an increase of 3.3 percentage points from the previous month; wind power increased by 1.2%, a decrease of 16.9 percentage points from the previous month; nuclear power increased by 10.7%, accelerating by 3.8 percentage points; solar power increased by 12.3%, accelerating by 3.7 percentage points.

Note

1. Indicator explanation

Average daily product output: It is calculated based on the total output of industrial enterprises above a certain scale announced in the month divided by the calendar days of the month.

2. Statistical scope

The statistical scope of the output data in the report is all large-scale industries, and the statistical scope is industrial enterprises with annual main business income of more than 20 million yuan.

Due to the annual changes in the scope of industrial enterprises above a certain scale, in order to ensure that the data for this year is comparable to that for the previous year, the number of the same period used to calculate the year-on-year growth rate of various indicators such as product output is consistent with the statistical scope of the enterprise in this period, and there is a caliber difference with the data released last year.

3. Data source

Import data comes from the General Administration of Customs, of which the April data is news data; coal price data comes from the China Coal Market Network; crude oil price data comes from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

4. Unit conversion relationship of natural gas: 1 ton is about 1380 cubic meters.