2020 data: electricity production in Georgia down 5.9%
Economy Minister Natia Turnava stated yesterday in an address to the Georgian parliament that, overall, 10 new hydropower plants are expected to be commissioned in 2022, with a capacity of about 30 MW, noting that it is an investment of more than 120 million GEL (about $38 mln/€34 mln). Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Electricity production in Georgia decreased by 5.9% in 2020 compared to the previous year, and totalled 11,159.8 million kWh of electricity, a survey conducted by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) read.
Geostat reports that the decline in electricity production was mainly caused by dry weather conditions and less water.
Consumption of electricity in the country also decreased in 2020 by 4.8% year-on-year and amounted to 11,479.3 million kWh.
However, demand for natural gas in 2020 increased, of which 2,006.5 million cubic meters were consumed, which is 3.3% more compared to 2019.
Image:Geostat.
Consumption of the natural gas increased in following sectors:
- Household sector
- Food industry
- Construction
- Agriculture
Consumption of natural gas by road transport has decreased, to some extent because of price growth, and increasing competitiveness of the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG),” Geostat reports.
Economy Minister Natia Turnava stated yesterday in an address to the Georgian parliament that, overall, 10 new hydropower plants are expected to be commissioned in 2022, with a capacity of about 30 MW, noting that it is an investment of more than 120 million GEL (about $38 mln/€34 mln).
She also said that Georgia is close to the 93% gas access mark, adding that a total of 39,698 households will have gas installed across 244 settlements in 2022-2024.
According to data from Geostat, the decrease was also observed in the production of firewood (-6.4%) and other biofuels and wastes in 2020.