TIRANA, August 26 /ATA/-During the second quarter of 2019, available electricity increased by 4.7 %, reported today the Institute of Statistics.
The net domestic production of electric power decreased by about 2.1 times in this period, reaching 1,280 GWh from 2,707 GWh of electricity produced in the second quarter of 2018.
This production was realized by public hydro plants at 37.8 % of net domestic production, by independent power producers to the extent 61.7 % and other producers (other renewable) that generated 0.5 % of net domestic electricity production.
The decrease of electricity production resulted on increase of gross imports of electric power (including exchanges) with about 4.9 times and decrease of gross exports (including exchanges) of electric power with about 7.8 times, compared to the same period of the previous year.
The public hydro plants, in the second quarter of 2019, realized 484 GWh from 1,795 GWh realized in the second quarter of 2018, thus marking a decrease in production by about 3.7 times.
While, independent and concessionaire power producers realized 790 GWh from 912 GWh realized to the same period of the previous year, thus marking a decrease in production by 13.4 %.
Gross import (including exchanges) resulted in a growth, reaching the value of 683 GWh from 139 GWh compared to the same period of the previous year.
Gross export (including exchanges) resulted in a reduction, reaching the value of 142 GWh from 1,106 GWh compared to the same period of the previous year./m.m/p.s./
