China News Service, November 25. According to the official WeChat news of the National Development and Reform Commission, since October this year, the supply of thermal coal has increased significantly.
Since mid-to-late November, electricity coal consumption has increased, but the average daily coal supply has reached 8.6 million tons, reaching a historical peak of 9.43 million tons. The average daily coal supply has exceeded coal consumption by nearly 2 million tons, and coal storage in power plants has continued to grow rapidly.
According to the news, on November 23, coal storage in power plants nationwide has reached 147 million tons, and the coal storage in power plants in China's grid has exceeded the level of the same period last year.
According to the dispatch data of previous years, each year entering the middle and late November, as the heating season is fully entered, the consumption of electricity and coal has increased rapidly, and the coal storage of the unified regulation power plant has gradually decreased.
For example, since November 19 last year, the power plant's coal consumption continued to exceed the coal supply, with an average daily consumption of nearly 700,000 tons of inventory, and 152 million tons of coal was stored by the end of November.
It is expected that by the end of November this year, coal storage in power plants may exceed the same period last year and reach the highest level in history. Coal for power generation and heating this winter and next spring will be strongly guaranteed.