Electricity usage surpasses 10 trillion kWh in '25
2025年全国用电量突破10万亿千瓦时
By Zheng Xin | China Daily
作者：郑欣 | 中国日报
Updated: 12:00 am (GMT+8), July 3, 2026
更新时间：2026年7月3日 00:00（GMT+8）
Employees from State Grid Changji conduct maintenance operations at the 220 kilovolt Shiqiantan substation in the Wucaiwan area in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
国网昌吉供电公司员工在新疆维吾尔自治区五彩湾地区220千伏石钱滩变电站开展检修作业。
They accurately calibrated equipment operating parameters and optimized the line's overall conditions to ensure safe operation of the local power grid during the peak summer season.
他们精准校准设备运行参数，优化线路整体工况，保障当地电网在迎峰度夏期间安全运行。
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A new report by the National Energy Administration shows that China's power supply infrastructure has scaled to become the largest in the world, matching premier international benchmarks in grid capacity as the country continues to expand its energy network.
国家能源局发布的最新报告显示，随着能源网络的持续拓展，我国供电基础设施规模已跃居全球首位，电网容量达到国际一流水准。
In a historic milestone that underscores an accelerated shift toward a greener energy structure, the nation's total electricity consumption crossed the 10 trillion kilowatt-hour threshold in 2025, reaching 10.37 trillion kWh, according to the China Power Supply Development Report 2026.
《2026中国电力供应发展报告》指出，2025年我国全社会用电量历史性突破10万亿千瓦时大关，达10.37万亿千瓦时，标志着能源结构加速向绿色低碳转型迈出了关键一步。
Yang Kun, executive vice-chairman of the China Electricity Council, noted that the world's second-largest economy has firmly cemented its position as the leading global power consumer.
中国电力企业联合会常务副理事长杨昆表示，作为世界第二大经济体，我国已稳固确立全球最大电力消费国的地位。
He highlighted that China's annual electricity usage now roughly exceeds the combined power consumption of the United States, Russia, India, Japan, Brazil and Canada, an unprecedented scale that underscores the robust vitality and deep resilience of the national economy.
他指出，我国年度用电总量目前已超过美国、俄罗斯、印度、日本、巴西和加拿大的用电总和，这一前所未有的规模，有力印证了国民经济的强劲活力与深厚韧性。
"The power industry achieved historic breakthroughs in reinforcing energy security and infrastructure reliability over the past year," Yang said.
杨昆称：“过去一年，电力行业在夯实能源安全与提升基础设施可靠性方面实现了历史性突破。”
To sustain this massive demand, China has aggressively stepped up its power grid investments while systematically optimizing its structural network.
为满足这一庞大需求，我国在大幅加大电网投资力度的同时，系统性地优化了网架结构。
In 2025, total national investment in power grids reached 639.5 billion yuan ($94.2 billion).
2025年，全国电网投资总额达6395亿元（约合942亿美元）。
Notably, more than half of this funding was channeled directly into reinforcing and upgrading distribution networks at or below 110 kilovolts, effectively patching up weak links in rural and isolated border regions.
值得注意的是，其中逾半数资金直接投向110千伏及以下配电网的巩固升级，有效补齐了农村及偏远边境地区的供电短板。
According to the report, a string of landmark backbone transmission projects were successfully completed last year, underpinning a modern power network anchored by robust ultra-high-voltage backbones, agile local distribution grids and flexible smart microgrids.
报告显示，去年一批标志性骨干输电工程相继建成投运，支撑起以坚强特高压为骨干网架、灵活高效配电网为依托、智能微电网为补充的现代化电力网络。
The structural layout of the national grid has reached a new level of sophistication, with the total length of transmission lines rating at 220 kV and above surpassing 1 million kilometers.
全国电网结构布局迈向更高水平，220千伏及以上输电线路总长度突破100万公里。
An extensive cross-regional network of 24 DC and 21 AC UHV channels also span across the country, it said.
报告指出，覆盖全国的跨区域特高压通道网络日益完善，已形成24条直流、21条交流特高压大通道。
According to the NEA, the robust physical grid is serving as the primary driver for an accelerated green transformation in China's energy consumption structure.
据国家能源局介绍，这张坚实的物理电网正成为驱动我国能源消费结构加速绿色转型的核心引擎。
Electricity now constitutes roughly 30 percent of the nation's total terminal energy consumption, exceeding the global average.
目前我国终端能源消费中，电能占比约达30%，高于全球平均水平。
Backed by the world's largest renewable energy generation capacity, green power accounted for 38.5 percent of total social electricity consumption in 2025 — an increase of nearly 9 percentage points compared to the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) period.
依托全球最大的可再生能源发电装机规模，2025年我国全社会用电量中，绿电占比达38.5%，较“十三五”（2016至2020年）末提升近9个百分点。
Today, nearly four out of every 10 kWh consumed in China are generated from clean, renewable sources.
如今，我国每消费10千瓦时电量中，就有近4千瓦时来自清洁可再生能源。
Ye Xiaoning, a senior engineer at the new energy department of the State Grid Energy Research Institute, pointed out that China's sustained capital allocation toward transmission infrastructure is yielding significant dividends in optimizing renewable resource distribution.
国网能源研究院新能源部高级工程师叶晓宁指出，我国持续投入输电基础设施建设，正在优化可再生能源资源配置方面产生显著红利。
He noted that the expansive UHV grid allows clean electricity generated in northern and western regions to be channeled efficiently across thousands of miles to economic hubs, structurally altering the nation's energy landscape and advancing its carbon peak and neutrality targets.
他表示，庞大的特高压电网将北部及西部地区的清洁电能跨越千里高效输送至经济中心，从结构上重塑了我国能源版图，有力助推碳达峰碳中和目标实现。
This green pivot is highly visible in public consumption patterns, particularly in the rapid expansion of the green mobility network.
这一绿色转型趋势在公众消费模式中尤为凸显，特别是绿色出行网络的迅速铺开。
The total number of electric vehicle charging facilities in China has topped 20 million units.
我国电动汽车充电设施总量已突破2000万台。
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