Energy Case Study: China Energy Mix

Oil:
•China's oil supply was 4,855 TWh in 2009, which was 10% of the world's supply.                                                                                                     
 •Although China is still a major crude oil producer, it became an oil importer in the 1990s.                                                                                                      
•In 2002, annual crude petroleum production was 1,298,000,000 barrels, and annual crude petroleum consumption was 1,670,000,000 barrels.                                                               
•In 2006, it imported 145 million tons of crude oil, accounting for 47% of its total oil consumption.
Natural gas:
•China's natural gas supply was 1,015 TWh in 2009 that was 3% of the world supply.
Coal:
•China currently generates around two thirds of its electricity from coal-fired power stations.^[19] It is progressing with the construction of 562 new coal-fired plants over the next few years.
 
 
Nuclear:
•In 2012, China had 15 nuclear power units with a total electric capacity of 11 GW and total output of 54.8 billion kWh.                                                                                      
•This accounted for 1.9% country's total electricity output.                                                      
 •There are plans to increase nuclear power capacity and nuclear power percentage.                                                                                                     
 •This will bring the total electricity output to 86 GW and 4% respectively by 2020.
 
Renewables
•China is also the largest producer of wind turbines and solar panels.                      •Approximately 7% of China's energy was from renewable sources in 2006, a figure targeted to rise to 10% by 2010 and to 16% by 2020.                                                                                    
•Total hydro-electric output in China in 2009 was 615.64 TWh, constituting 16.6% of all electricity generated.                                                      
Hydro-electric:
•China has the most hydro-electric capacity in the world, and the Three Gorges Dam is projected to be the largest hydro-electric power station in the world, with a total capacity of 22.5 GW. It has been in full operation since May 2012.
Biofuel:
•In 2006, 16 million tons of corn was used to produce ethanol.                                   
•However, because food prices in China rose sharply during 2007, China has decided to ban the further expansion of the corn ethanol industry.
Solar:
•China has become the world's largest consumer of solar energy.                                     
•It is the largest producer of solar water heaters, accounting for 60 percent of the world’s solar hot water heating capacity.                                                                           
•The total installed heaters is estimated at 30 million households.                                   
•Solar PV production in China is also in rapid development.                                                 
•In 2007, 0.82 GW of Solar PV was produced, second only to Japan.
Wind:
•China's total wind power capacity reached 2.67 gigawatts (GW) in 2006, 6.05 GW by 2007, 12.2 GW by 2008, 25 GW by 2009, and 44.7 GW by 2010, making China the world leader in installed wind power generation capacity.