Slovenia's August net power output declines 1% m/m

In annual terms, the country's power output was down 24%, the office of statistics said in a statement last week, citing provisional data.

The August output of the country's hydropower plants decreased 51% on the year and went down 8% on a monthly comparison basis to 198 GWh.

The output of the thermal power plants in Slovenia totalled 290 GWh in August, down 25% on the year and up 7% month-on-month, while the production of Slovenia's sole nuclear power plant, Krsko, fell 1% month-on-month to 486 GWh.

In August, Slovenia imported 604 GWh of electricity and exported 599 GWh. Imports fell 25% compared to the previous month, while exports decreased 21%.

On an annual comparison basis, imports went up 11% and exports fell 23%.

Nuclear energy had the largest share of 48.0% in Slovenia's total power production in August, followed by thermal energy with 28.6%, hydro energy with 19.6%, and solar and wind with 3.8%.