Electricity consumption increased by 11 per cent, production by 40 per cent in November

According to provisional data, electricity consumption increased by 11 per cent in a year-on-year comparison, reaching 794 gigawatt hours this November. One of the reasons for the increase is the lower air temperature in comparison with last year.

At the same time, electricity production increased by 40 per cent, reaching 1,083 gigawatt hours. Production exceeded consumption by 290 gigawatt hours and electricity exported from Estonia moved mainly to Finland.

In November, 138 gigawatt hours of electricity was produced from renewable resources, which is one per cent more in a year-on-year comparison. Renewable energy covered 15.4 per cent of domestic consumption last month.

In Latvia, 815 gigawatt hours of electricity was produced this November, 43 per cent more compared to last year. The last time Latvia produced more electricity was in April 2011 when production reached 943 gigawatt hours. Production was increased by substantially greater hydropower resource, which quadrupled the production of Daugava hydro power plant cascade. In Latvia, electricity consumption increased by five per cent; therefore, the electricity balance was in surplus with 168 gigawatt hours in November.

In Lithuania, electricity production increased by 36 per cent, reaching 329 gigawatt hours, and consumption by seven percent, reaching 891 gigawatt hours. In Lithuania, electricity balance deficit decreased and local power plants managed to cover 37 per cent of the consumption.

This November, the gross electricity production of the Baltic countries increased by 40 per cent, reaching 2,226 gigawatt hours in a year-on-year comparison. The increase in production was largely caused by the deficit of the Nordic countries and the abundance of water in Latvia. In the comparison of the same period, electricity consumption increased by eight per cent, reaching 2,332 gigawatt hours. The deficit of the three countries decreased from the 580 gigawatt hours last year to 106 gigawatt hours this year. The deficit totalled five per cent of electricity consumption.

In the Nordic countries, electricity production increased by two percent and consumption by seven per cent. Electricity production decreased by three per cent in Sweden, remained stable in Norway, increased by 23 per cent in Denmark and increased by nine per cent in Finland. Electricity consumption rose in all four countries. The increase in consumption and lower hydro reservoir content took the electricity balance of the Nordic countries to a deficit by 964 gigawatt hours.