Georgian electricity production up 13% in 2021
Electricity production in Georgia was up by 13.3 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year, reaching 12.64 billion kilowatt-hours. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Electricity production in Georgia was up by 13.3 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year, reaching 12.64 billion kilowatt-hours, the National Statistics Office of Georgia revealed on Friday.
The increase in production was observed mainly thanks to an increase in water flow, Geostat said in its update of annual figures.
In other statistics, the Office said 35,500 tonnes (+13.4% y/y) of crude oil, 147,900 tonnes (+48.9% y/y) of coal and 16 million cubic metres (1.8 times more than in previous year) of natural gas had been extracted throughout the year.
Its update also noted firewood production had increased by 3.7 percent compared to the previous year and amounted to 1.25 million cubic metres, while production of "other biofuels and waste” had decreased year-on-year.
The chart below shows the structure of energy production in Georgia in 2021, calculated in thousand tonnes of oil equivalent:
Image: Geostat
Electricity consumption in 2021 reached 13.11 billion kilowatt-hours, 14.3 percent more than in the previous year, while demand on natural gas amounted to 2.80 billion cubic metres, 3.8 percent more than in 2020. Geostat also said final consumption of natural gas had been 2.22 billion cubic metres, or an 11 percent annual increase, in 2021.
Figures also showed that the consumption of natural gas had increased in the household sector (+9.3% y/y).
The Office said while consumption of natural gas by commercial and public services had increased, consumption of natural gas by road transport had gone down, “partially due to price growth and increasing competitiveness of the liquefied petroleum gas”. Increased amount of hybrid and electric-powered cars was causing a decrease in their natural gas consumption, it explained.
Within the total energy consumption structure, the figures saw a 39 percent share on natural gas, with oil products (28.3 percent) and electricity (23 percent) also characterised with relatively high shares.
Image: Geostat
Finally, a sectoral analysis of 2021 energy consumption showed the household sector being the largest consumer with 30.7 percent of the total consumption.
Image: Geostat
David Narmania, the head of the Georgian national energy and water supply regulatory commission, on Friday said the commission was going to set new tariffs for natural gas in December, adding "no increase” was expected in the tariff.
The Georgian national energy and water supply regulatory commission has responded to "false information" from the opposition-minded Mtavari Arkhi channel that alleged an anticipated increase in natural gas tariffs in December, saying the report is "not true and a deliberate provocation".
Georgia received $64.78 million from exporting electricity between January-July, a 337 percent increase year-on-year, data published by the State Electricity System shows.
Electricity production in Georgia was up by 13.6 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year, while domestic consumption amounted to 13.3 percent, a report of the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission, published on Friday, said.