Domestic electricity consumption rose 9.28% y/y in June
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Domestic electricity consumption increased by 9.28% y/y to 13.7 TWh in June 2021, according to data from Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE).
Cumulatively in January-June 2021, domestic consumption increased by 7.1% y-o-y to 86.37 TWh.
Total electricity generation increased by 21.46% y/y to 13.42 TWh in June, PSE also said on its website. In January-June 2021, production increased by 12.15% y/y to 83.09 TWh.
In June 2021, public thermal power plants produced 6.92 TWh of electricity from hard coal (up 36.7% y/y), 3.84 TWh from lignite (up 14.78% y/y), while gas-fired power plants produced 1.11 TWh (up 29.27%) and wind power plants produced 0.6 TWh (up 1.74% y/y), PSE also reported.
In Jan-Jun 2021, public thermal power plants produced 44.7 TWh of electricity from hard coal (up 32.1% y/y), 21.21 TWh from lignite (up 13.61% y/y) and 6.44 TWh in gas-fired power plants (down 2.95%), while wind power plants produced 6.76 TWh (down 13.95% y/y).
Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE) is the operator of the power transmission system in Poland. They own over 15,000 km of lines and over 100 extra-high voltage substations.
