The National Statistics Office said today over the past decade electricity generation from power plants amounted to an annual average of 2.2 million megawatt-hours. In 2015, electricity generation increased by 4.0 per cent compared to a year earlier.

It said that in 2015, 4.4 per cent of electricity generation was derived from renewable sources.

The data shows that the highest power generation was recorded in 2007, 2,296,296 megawatt-hours, followed by 2008 with 2,275,892 megawatt- hours.

Approximately 30 per cent of the electricity generated in a year occurs between July and September. During 2015, a total of 1.1 million megawatt-hours or 46.7 per cent were imported through the interconnector.

July and August feature the highest electricity demand, registering an average of 404 and 406 megawatts respectively in the period 2006-2015. The highest annual average demand was registered in 2007 with 363 megawatts. On the other hand, the lowest annual average demand was registered in 2010 amounting to 328 megawatts.

During the last four years, generation of energy from renewable sources has registered a substantial increase, from 25,609 megawatt-hours in 2012 to 103,540 megawatt-hours in 2015. During the latter year, the majority of renewable energy (91.6 per cent) was produced from photovoltaic cells, while the remainder was derived from other sources.

In 2015, emissions from power plant sources dropped by 46.8 per cent over 2014, mainly due to the use of the interconnector, the NSO said.

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