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TERNA: ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION DOWN IN APRIL
Electricity demand down by 4.3% compared to April 2022; cyclical variation unchanged
Renewables met 36.5% of demand in April, photovoltaic energy production up
Rome,
ay 2023
Electricity consumption down in April. According to data collected by Terna,
the company that manages the Italian electricity grid, in the last month electri
city demand stood at
23.4 billion kWh, a 4.3% decrease compared to the same month in 2022. Industrial consumption
also fell by 9.1% compared to April 2022.
Compared to the same period in 2022, consumption in the
ceramics, glass and transport sectors increa
In the first four months of the year, national demand decreased by 4.1% compared to the
corresponding period of 2022 (
3.7% adjusted value).
Specifically, April had one less working day (18 vs 19) than April 2022, while the average monthly
temper
ature was the same. The figure for electricity demand, adjusted for seasonal and calendar
effects, was down by 3.8%. Looking at the regional level, the April 2023 trend was negative but
uneven across the country:
6.1% in the North,
3.8% in Central Italy
0.8% in the South and on
the Islands.
Cyclical data for electricity demand, adjusted for seasonal, calendar and temperature effects, was
around the same (
0.4%) as in March of this year. In total, in the first four months of 2023 cyclical
data
for demand showed a slight increase (+0.6%) compared to the last four months of 2022. Terna’s
IMCEI index, which considers the industrial consumption of energy
intensive companies, also
recorded an increase in cyclical terms compared to the last four month
s of 2022 (+2.1%).
amounted to 18.8 billion kWh (
11.7%)
. The contribution from renewable sources rose slightly and
covered 36.5% of electricity demand in April (compared to 36% in the same month of 2022).
Generation from renewables in April can be broken down as follows: 36.4% solar, 25.3% wind,
18.5% hydroele
ctric, 14.6% biomass, 5.2% geothermal. Compared to the same month last year, only
photovoltaic production increased (+9.3%, due to 3.2 GW of installed capacity more than in April
2022), while production from all other sources fell: hydro (
6.9%), wind (
5%) and geothermal (
3.3%). As regards the import/export balance, the change amounted to +41.3% due to the combined
effect of decreased exports (
58.7%) and increased in imports (+30.6%).
According to Terna’s findings detailed in the monthly report, cons
idering all renewables, in the first
four months of this year the increase in capacity in Italy was 1,501 MW. This value is 820 MW higher
(+120%) than the same period of 2022.
A detailed analysis of provisional 2022 and 2023 monthly electricity demand i
s available in the
publication “Monthly Report on the Electricity System”, under the section “Electric
System>>Dispatching>>Operating Data>>Monthly Report” at
http://www.terna.it
time data on the operation of the national electricity system can also be found on the Terna
app, available on all app stores:
tps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.terna.energia&hl=en