Energy consumption up 6.7% in March

Energy consumption increased in March by 6.71 percent y/y to 15.41 TWh, while energy production increased by 5.46 percent y/y to 14.89 TWh, energy grid operator PSE stated. In the first quarter, a total of 43.54 TWh was generated (a drop of 1.71 percent y/y) and 45.09 TWh was consumed (up by 2.76 percent y/y). In Q1, energy produced from hard coal amounted to 21.84 TWh (an increase of 0.98 percent y/y), energy from brown coal – 12.28 TWh (a decline of 12.46 percent) and 3.17 TWh of energy was generated by wind farms (a drop of 9.63 percent).