By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, October 6, 2022
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) reported this week that the total production of electricity registered at the national level at the end of August this year, including the Isolated Systems and the National Interconnected Electric System (SEIN) of Peru, reached 4,995 gigawatt hours (GWh), which means an increase of 3.4% compared to the same month of 2021.
According to the report called “Main indicators of the electricity sector at the national level”, prepared by Minem specialists, of the total registered, 4,849 GWh (97%) was generated for the electricity market and 146 GWh (3%) was for own use, that is, what is required by industrial companies (mining, sugar, oil, among others).
The General Directorate of Electricity explained that this increase in the production of electrical energy is mainly based on the economic reactivation of the various industries that operate at the national level, and that they have been progressively overcoming the difficult situation they experienced due to the pandemic. of Covid-19 during the last two years.
Regarding the source of electricity generation, the hydroelectric plants produced 2,042 GWh; that is, 3% more than what was generated in August 2021; and on the side of the thermal units that use natural gas, they registered 2,505 GWh; that is, 2% more than what was produced in the same period last year.
This material from andina.pe was edited for clarity, style and length.
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