Monthly electricity statistics

In Italy, total net electricity amounted to 22.7 TWh in August 2023, down by 3.5% y-o-y compared to same month last year. The decline observed in the electricity generated from fossil fuels (-20.5% y-o-y) was not compensated by the increased generation from renewable sources (+23.2% y-o-y). Hydro witnessed the major growth (+47.1% y-o-y or 1.3 TWh), followed by wind power (+43.8% y-o-y or 0.5 TWh) and solar power (+19.8% y-o-y or 0.6 TWh). In the electricity mix, solar power reached a record-high share of 16.2%. 

Other non-OECD economies

In India, total net electricity production reached new record-high levels at 167.8 TWh in August 2023, up by 17.9% or 25.5 TWh compared to the same month last year, as the country experienced extremely hot weather conditions. With increasing penetration of cooling appliances, India’s power system is indeed becoming more and more sensitive to high temperatures. The additional electricity generation was provided mostly by fossil fuels (+20.0% y-o-y), with remarkable contributions also from renewable technologies such as wind (+47.5% y-o-y) and solar (+36.8% y-o-y).

In Bulgaria, electricity production from solar amounted to 442.9 GWh in August 2023, increasing more than twofold (+103.9% y-o-y) compared to August 2022 and reaching a record-high share of 15.0% in the country’s electricity mix. Since the beginning of 2023, solar power production in Bulgaria has been significantly higher than in 2022, mainly because of significant new capacity additions. This trend is expected to continue, as additional solar plants are planned to come into operation over the next months.