In November 2024, Slovenia’s net electricity generation saw a notable 25% increase compared to the same month in the previous year, reaching 1,341 GWh. However, this represented a 14% decrease from October 2024. The increase in overall production was largely driven by a 43% rise in output from thermal power plants compared to November 2023. On the other hand, hydropower production saw a 35% decline, while production from the country’s nuclear power plant, Krško, surged by 162%, as it had undergone maintenance in the same month last year. Production from wind and solar power plants also increased by 15%.
Slovenia’s electricity imports in November 2024 totaled 844 GWh, a 2% decrease from November 2023. However, exports grew by 33%, reaching 980 GWh. Domestic consumption was also higher, with households using 307 GWh of electricity, a 25% increase compared to the previous month. Commercial consumers’ electricity consumption rose by 9%, reaching 625 GWh.
In terms of energy commodities, Slovenia saw a general increase in supply, with notable rises in natural gas (51%), lignite and brown coal (41%), hard coal (19%), LPG (17%), diesel (11%), and coke (5%) compared to October. However, the supply of kerosene, heating oil, and petrol fell by 40%, 14%, and 10%, respectively. Compared to November 2023, the supply of lignite and brown coal increased by 41%, heating oil by 38%, hard coal by 31%, other petroleum products by 18%, natural gas by 9%, and petrol by 8%.
