Electricity generation in Czechia fell 0.7 percent last year, households cut consumption the most

Electricity generation in Czechia fell by 0.7 percent year on year last year to 78.8 terawatt-hours (TWh). Even so, electricity exports continued to exceed imports. Electricity consumption also declined. Households cut their use the most, by nine percent year on year. Among businesses, large companies made greater savings. Overall, electricity consumption fell by 3.9 percent. The Energy Regulatory Office (ERÚ) announced the figures today.

According to the office’s data, the biggest contribution to the decline in electricity generation came from combined-cycle gas-fired power plants, whose output fell by just over half year on year. Pumped-storage power plants (down 18.3 percent) and hydropower plants (down 13.1 percent) also generated less electricity. By contrast, generation rose at solar (up 6.7 percent) and wind power plants (up 6.6 percent), as well as at steam power plants, i.e. coal-fired power plants (up 6.3 percent). Gas-fired and combustion power plants (down 0.7 percent) and nuclear power plants (up 0.9 percent) broadly matched their results from the previous year.