Energy, March 2024

More net electricity was generated than last March

Compared to the same month last year, electricity production in March 2024 increased, energy supply was also higher.

  • 25 April 2024 at 10:30
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  • provisional data
Total net electricity generation and export higher, import lower than a year ago

In March 2024, total net electricity generation was 1,374 GWh. Compared to February, it increased by 7%, and compared to March 2023 it went up by 17%. At the annual level, generation in hydro power plants was higher by 44% and in thermal power plants by 7%, whilst in the nuclear power plant it remained the same.

In line with the higher production in thermal power plants, fuel consumption also increased. Total fuel consumption was 2% higher than a year ago.

748 GWh of electricity was imported and 983 GWh was exported. Compared to the same month last year, import decreased by 17% and export increased by 12%.

More electricity consumed in business entities than in the previous month

In March, households consumed 293 GWh and business entities 602 GWh of electricity. With 313 GWh consumed, manufacturing dominated. Compared to the previous month, electricity consumption in households went down by 1% and in business entities up by 3%.

Energy supply up at the monthly and annual level

Compared to February, the supply of energy commodities in general went up with the exception of supplies of Lignite and Brown Coal (down by 11%), Heating and Other Gasoil (down by 7%) and Natural Gas (down by 2%). It increased by 107% with Other Petroleum Products, 39% with Motor Gasoline, 31% with Hard Coal, 16% with LPG, 14% with Coke Oven Coke, 5% with Kerosene Jet Fuel and 5% with Transport Diesel Oil.

Compared to March 2023, the supply of energy commodities increased by 42% with Hard Coal, 21% with Other Petroleum Products, 9% with Lignite and Brown Coal, 7% with Natural Gas and 2% with Kerosene Jet Fuel.

Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.
Electricity production, Slovenia, March 2024
Electricity production, Slovenia, March 2024
Electricity, Slovenia
Mar
2023
Feb
2024
Mar
2024
Mar 2024
Mar 2023
Mar 2024
Feb 2024
GWh% change
Net production – Total1,1791,2851,374177
  of which Hydroelectric power plants3273904734421
  of which Conventional thermal power plants2943633137–14
  of which Nuclear power plant51848651807
Imports905835748–17–10
Exports881987983120
Available for the internal market1,1671,1031,116–41
Consumption of Households315297293–7–1
Consumption of Business Entities640582602–63
Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Fuels, Slovenia
Mar
2023
Feb
2024
Mar
2024
Mar 2024
Mar 2023
Mar 2024
Feb 2024
% change
Hard Coal (tonnes)4094435794231
Coke Oven Coke (tonnes)2,0581,7632,017–214
Lignite/Brown Coal (tonnes)216,655264,480236,1659–11
LPG (tonnes)6,8055,7186,660–216
Unleaded Motor Gasoline (tonnes)35,04325,08334,944039
Kerosene Jet Fuel (tonnes)1,3201,2751,34025
Transport Diesel Oil (tonnes)118,406105,125110,269–75
Heating and Other Gasoil (tonnes)16,70511,32610,571–37–7
Other Petroleum Products (tonnes)7,0244,1008,47421107
Natural Gas (1,000 Sm3)78,41885,22883,5797–2
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Data for the last three months are provisional. With each release, the data for this period can be corrected and supplemented with new data.

Additional explanations are available in the methodological explanations.
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