TIRANA, Aug 25 /ATA/ Energy has shown increasing indicators, in terms of production and exports in the second quarter of the year, compared to the same period a year earlier.
According to data published by INSTAT on Wednesday, electricity consumption in the second quarter of 2021 increased by 17.2% reaching 1,563 GWh from 1,334 GWh in the second quarter of 2020.
The main contributors to increase of electricity use are non-household consumers with an increase in electricity consumption by 34.8%, compared to the increase by 0.8% of energy consumed by household consumers.
Available electricity during the second quarter increased by 19.4%. Net domestic electricity production in this period increased by 2.2 times reaching the value of 2,660 GWh from 1,188 GWh of energy produced in the second quarter of 2020.
According to INSTAT, this output was produced by public hydropower plants in the amount of 58.5%, by private and concessionaire hydropower plants in the amount of 41.0% and by other producers in the amount of 0.5% of the net domestic electricity production.
Gross electricity imports reached 228 GWh from 681 GWh in the same period a year earlier, down 66.5%. While the gross export of electricity reached the value of 924 GWh from 224 GWh increasing 4.1 times.
According to INSTAT, public hydropower plants, in the second quarter of 2021, produced 1,557 GWh from 571 GWh produced in the second quarter of 2020, thus marking an increase in production by 2.7 times.
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