Renewable production supplied 90% of electricity consumption in the first four months of the year, and 94.9% in April, approaching the historic 95.4% reached in May 1978, according to data from REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais.
In the first four months of the year, Hydroelectric production supplied 48% of consumption, wind 30%, photovoltaic 7% and biomass 6%.detailed, in a statement released this Thursday, the manager of the national electricity and natural gas system.
The production of natural gas supplied 9% of consumption, while the balance of exchanges with abroad was practically zero.
In an analysis from the month of April it was observed that Renewable production was responsible for supplying 94.9% of electricity consumption.This is the fourth consecutive time with monthly values above 80%, after 91% in March, 88% in February and 81% in January.
In April, electricity consumption grew by 3.4%, which represents an increase of 0.2% if the effect of temperature and the number of working days is corrected.
In the month analyzed, the hydroelectric producibility index reached 1.49, wind 1.08 and solar 1.01 (historical averages of 1), while the solar component, although the least significant of the three, continued to grow significantly , having reached the highest monthly weight in history. in April, corresponding to 10.5% of consumption.
Already Electricity production from natural gas maintains a downward trend in consumption, with an interannual monthly decrease of 86%since it is conditioned by the high availability of renewable energies.
In contrast, natural gas consumption in the conventional segment registered a year-on-year increase of close to 5%.
At the end of April, the accumulated annual gas consumption registered a negative year-on-year variation of 12%, with the electricity production segment contracting by 50% and the conventional segment growing by 5.6%.
According to REN, this is the lowest consumption since 2004 for the period in question.
Source: Observadora
