National Energy Administration: The overall balance of energy supply and demand in the first half of the year

On August 2, the National Energy Administration held an online press conference for the third quarter to introduce the energy situation in the first half of 2022
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Overall, domestic energy consumption has shown a clear upward trend after a short-term decline, and energy supply capacity and quality have continued to improve
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Dong Wancheng, deputy director of the Development Planning Department of the National Energy Administration, said that in the first half of the year, energy supply and demand were generally balanced, and energy operation showed the following characteristics:

First, energy consumption rebounded obviously after a short-term decline
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There was short-term fluctuation in energy consumption in the first half of the year
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In the first quarter, energy consumption continued the growth trend of last year, but after late March, energy consumption began to decline
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In April and May, the electricity consumption, coal and natural gas consumption of the whole society decreased year-on-year for two consecutive months
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The second is the continuous improvement of energy supply capacity and quality
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The energy industry has vigorously promoted oil and gas exploration and development.
From January to June, the output of crude oil and natural gas increased by 4% and 4.
9% year-on-year respectively
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Continue to promote the construction and release of advanced coal mine production capacity.
Since the beginning of this year, coal mine production capacity has increased by 78.
9 million tons, and raw coal output has increased by 11% year-on-year
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Imported crude oil and natural gas reached 250 million tons and 74.
4 billion cubic meters respectively.
The overall import scale remained stable, and coal was imported at 115 million tons
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While enhancing the guarantee capacity of fossil energy, China has vigorously developed renewable energy.
The proportion of non-fossil energy power generation in the newly installed power generation capacity has reached 83%, and the installed capacity of renewable energy power generation has exceeded 1.
1 billion kilowatts
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