1、 National thermal power installation
The establishment of Shanghai Electric Company in 1882 opened the prelude of the development of domestic electric power industry. After more than 130 years of development, China's installed power generation capacity has ranked first in the world. According to the data of national energy administration, the installed power generation capacity of China in 2019 reached 2010660000kw, an increase of 5.8% over 2018.
China is a large coal country, with coal reserves and recoverable reserves at the forefront of the world. In 2018, the proven coal reserves reached 1708.573 billion tons, ranking first in the world. According to the 2019 statistical bulletin, China's raw coal output reached 3.85 billion tons in 2019. As the main energy and important raw materials in China, coal has always accounted for more than half of the primary energy production and consumption, which has laid an important position in the domestic power industry.
From the perspective of energy installation structure, thermal power is still the most important power energy in China, accounting for 59.22% of the domestic installed capacity in 2019. In recent years, with the initial effect of coal-fired power capacity reduction, the growth rate of thermal power installed capacity in China slows down. In 2019, the installed capacity of thermal power in China is 119055 million kilowatts (including 1045gw of coal power and 90gw of gas), an increase of 4.1% over 2018.

2、 Current situation of thermal power generation in China
Compared with other energy generation, China's thermal power generation technology started earlier. In 2019, China's thermal power generation reached 5165.4 billion kwh, accounting for 72% of the total power generation in China. Affected by the epidemic factors, from January to March 2020, the power consumption of the whole society showed a year-on-year downward trend, among which the power consumption of the second and third production decreased by 8.8% and 8.3% respectively year-on-year. In the first quarter, the power generation inevitably declined year-on-year. According to statistics, from January to March, the national thermal power generation reached 1174.6 billion kwh, down 8.2% compared with the same period in 2019. With the orderly promotion of the follow-up resumption of production, the power consumption recovered and the thermal power operation margin improved.
In 2019, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Shanxi, Xinjiang, Hebei, Anhui, Henan and Zhejiang are the top ten provinces of thermal power generation in China. Among them, Shandong, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Hebei, Henan, Zhejiang and other provinces achieved negative growth in thermal power generation in 2019. From a national perspective, Shandong's thermal power generation reached 516.9 billion kwh in 2019, ranking first.

3、 Investment in thermal power construction
With the quiet rise of clean energy, seizing part of the thermal power market, China's thermal power construction investment has continued to decrease in recent years. In 2019, China's thermal power capital construction investment completed amounted to 63 billion yuan, down 20% year-on-year in 2018.
At present, China's power industry has changed from the stage of high-speed growth to the stage of high-quality development. At the same time, new problems and difficulties will come. China's installed capacity of thermal power shows a new normal of partial excess and utilization hours decreasing year by year. In 2019, the average utilization hours of thermal power in China is 4293 hours, 68 hours less than that in 2018.

In recent years, China's high-efficiency, clean and low-carbon thermal power technology continues to innovate, and relevant technology research and practical application have reached the international leading level, contributing to the optimization of China's thermal power structure and technology upgrading. On the whole, thermal power still has many unique advantages at present and in the future, which can not be replaced by other non fossil energy sources for a long time. Facing the increasingly strict requirements of green development today, the thermal power industry must increase scientific and technological innovation, improve the level of green management, and enhance the green competitiveness of the industry.