Croatia recorded a record daily electricity consumption yesterday – the daily load amounted to 61,113 megawatt-hours (MWh), as reported by Hrvatska elektroprivreda, which emphasizes that HEP’s electricity system is functioning stably and expects to continue providing reliable supply to all customers in the future.
The first day of this week, Monday, January 12, is also the peak consumption in the winter season 2008/2009. The daily load amounted to 61,113 MWh, which, according to HEP, is a significant increase of 1,014 MWh compared to the previous seasonal record achieved on Friday, January 9. The highest hourly load was recorded yesterday at 6 PM and amounted to 3,003 megawatts (MW), which is 31 MW more compared to last Friday, according to HEP. They also report that HEP’s electricity system is functioning stably. “Hrvatska elektroprivreda has sufficient energy resources and adequate quantities of contracted electricity from imports, as well as technically ready facilities to meet current Croatian electricity needs, and enough reserves in case of further increases in electricity consumption. Therefore, we expect to continue providing reliable electricity supply to all customers in the Republic of Croatia,” stated HEP spokesperson Radomir Milišić for Hina.
Yesterday’s consumption is the highest daily electricity consumption ever recorded in Croatia. The previous maximum daily electricity consumption was on December 18, 2007, and amounted to 61,099 MWh, HEP reminds us.
They emphasize that they do not expect major problems regarding the supply of thermal energy as long as HEP is supplied with at least the minimum amount of gas, the so-called technical minimum. “We have enough alternative fuel supplies and it is not a problem to replenish them, and we do not expect difficulties in supplying our customers with thermal energy,” they say at HEP. HEP also notes that the electricity needs of customers are met by production from its own sources and partly from imports. Currently, the share of hydropower plants in electricity supply is 34 percent, 14 percent is from the Krško Nuclear Power Plant, 26 percent from liquid fuels, 11 percent from coal, and 15 percent from imports, HEP states, noting that these ratios constantly change depending on various factors such as the availability of specific energy sources, their prices, the availability of facilities, etc. Yesterday’s consumption is the highest daily electricity consumption ever recorded in Croatia. The previous maximum daily electricity consumption was on December 18, 2007, and amounted to 61,099 MWh, HEP reminds us. (H)
