Big increase in January

Electricity and gas consumption higher than a year ago

Gas deliveries to end consumers also increased in January, while domestic production fell at the same time.

(Bild: Wolfgang Filser)

At 6.32 TWh, Austrian end consumers consumed 3.5% more electricity (up 3.5%) and gas (11.84 TWh, up 5.6%) in January than in the same period last year. 

• The higher electricity consumption at the beginning of the year was accompanied by lower electricity production: at 6.49 TWh, 14% less electricity was generated in January than in January 2024.

• Run-of-river power plants generated 34.1 percent less electricity, while storage power plants generated 17.5 percent less. Wind power plant operators also recorded a decline of around a third.

• Only electricity generation from photovoltaic systems increased by 14.5 percent year-on-year.

2.7 TWh of electricity imported
The overall decrease in electricity generation from renewable energy sources was offset by the increased use of thermal power plants, whose production was 20.8% higher than in the same period last year.

In addition, 2.7 TWh of electricity was imported - half more than in the previous year. In contrast, electricity exports fell by 18.8 percent.

• Gas deliveries to end consumers also increased in January, but at the same time domestic production - including the feed-in of biogenic gases - fell by 3.6% to around 0.51 TWh.

• Gas imports fell by 28.7% to around 7.2 TWh in January, reports eControl. At the same time, around 12 TWh of gas was exported, around 15% more than in January 2024.

• At the same time, 5.5 TWh more gas was withdrawn from storage (17 TWh) and 0.5 TWh more was injected (around 0.9 TWh). In total, the storage capacity fell by 20.4% compared to the previous year.