Electricity production in Georgia grew by 13.3% YoY in 2021, reaching 12.64 billion kilowatt-hours, the National Statistics Office of Georgia revealed.
The increase in production was observed mainly thanks to an increase in water flow, Geostat said in its update of annual figures.
In other statistics, the office said 35,500 tons (+13.4%) of crude oil, 147,900 tons (+48.9%) of coal and 16 million cubic metres (up 1.8-fold) of natural gas had been extracted throughout the year.
Its update also noted firewood production had increased by 3.7% and amounted to 1.25 million cubic metres, while production of “other biofuels and waste” had decreased.
Electricity consumption in 2021 reached 13.11 billion kilowatt-hours, up by 14.3%, while demand on natural gas amounted to 2.80 billion cubic metres, up by 3.8%. Geostat also said final consumption of natural gas had been 2.22 billion cubic metres, up by 11%.
Figures also showed that the consumption of natural gas had increased in the household sector (+9.3%).
The office said while consumption of natural gas by commercial and public services had increased, consumption of natural gas by road transport had gone down, “partially due to price growth and increasing competitiveness of the liquefied petroleum gas”. Increased amount of hybrid and electric-powered cars was causing a decrease in their natural gas consumption, it explained.
Within the total energy consumption structure, the figures saw a 39% share on natural gas, with oil products (28.3%) and electricity (23%) also characterised with relatively high shares.
Finally, a sectoral analysis of 2021 energy consumption showed the household sector being the largest consumer with 30.7% of the total consumption. (Agenda/Business World Magazine)