Decrease in Gas Consumption in June

While electricity consumption in June this year (5.03 TWh) remained the same as in the same month last year, gas consumption decreased significantly by 5.6 percent to 3.27 TWh, as the energy regulatory authority E-Control announced on Monday. In the entire first half of 2025, however, people in this country consumed more electricity and more gas than in the same period last year. The increase in electricity was 3.3 percent, and in gas (44.1 TWh) even 18 percent.

Gas storage less full

The domestic gas storage is not as well filled as it was a year ago. By the end of June 2025, the storage content according to E-Control reached 64.9 TWh, significantly below the value of around 83.8 TWh at the same time last year.

Lower electricity production

In the month of June, electricity production according to E-Control decreased by about 13.1 percent year-on-year to 6.42 TWh. In the entire first half of the year, the significantly below-average water flow in hydropower generation caused a decline of 29 percent - with run-of-river power plants experiencing a decline of nearly one-third (32.9 percent), and storage power plants by a good fifth (20.4 percent).

As a result, the share of hydropower plants in total electricity production fell from around 61 percent to 49 percent compared to the same period last year. At the same time, thermal power plants produced 26.5 percent more electricity, accounting for about a quarter (25.5 percent) of total production. The share of wind power reached around 11.6 percent with 4.3 TWh. The share of photovoltaic systems grew significantly - with an increase in production by 36.2 percent to 5.2 TWh, thus increasing their share of total electricity production from an estimated 9.1 to 14 percent.

(APA/Red)

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