TIRANA, August 31/ATA/ During the second quarter of 2022, net domestic production of electric power in this period decreased by 38.1 %, reaching the value 1,647 GWh from 2,660 GWh of electricity produced in the second quarter of 2021.
The Institute of Statistics published today the report on the electricity balance, according to which, while the domestic production fell, the import increased by almost three times.
“Gross import of electric power (including exchanges), in the second quarter of 2022, reached the value 664 GWh from 228 GWh compared to the same period of the previous year, marking an increase by 2.9 times. Gross export (including exchanges) reached the value 415 GWh from 924 GWh marking a decrease with 55.1 %”, reads INSTAT report.
According to INSTAT, electricity production was realized by public hydro plants at 38.3 % of net domestic production, by independent power producers to the extent 60.9 % and other producers (Photovoltaics) that generated 0.8 % of net domestic electricity production./p.s./
