3.4% of electricity in 2014 came from renewable sources

In 2014, 3.4 per cent of electricity generation was derived from renewable sources.

Over the past decade energy generation amounted to an annual average of 2.2 million megawatt-hours. In 2014 the demand for electricity decreased by 2.1 per cent compared to a year earlier.

The data shows that the highest power generation was recorded in 2007 - 2,296,296 megawatt-hours - followed by 2008 with 2,275,892 megawatt-hours. Approximately 30 per cent of the electricity generated in a year occurs between July and September.

July and August feature the highest electricity demand, both registering between 404 and 405 megawatts in the period 2005-2014. The highest annual average demand was registered in 2005 and 2007 with 363 megawatts. On the other hand, the lowest annual average demand was registerd in 2010 and amounted to 328 megawatts.

Over the past four years, generation of energy from renewable sources has registered a substantial increase, from 10,368 megawatt-hours in 2011 to 75,493 megawatt-hours in 2014. During the latter year, the majority of renewable energy (91.3 per cent) was produced from photovoltaic cells, while the remainder was derived from other sources.