More electricity imported from Zambia and SA

PHILLEPUS UUSIKUFor the month of May 2021, there was a huge increase in the amount of electricity imported into Namibia from Zambia and South Africa (SA) due a reduction in local production of electricity.This, according to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA), resulted in the electricity sources composite index which is composed of own production and imported electricity recording a marginal increase of 0.2% in May 2021 on a monthly basis.In April 2021, the index registered an increase of 8.5%, while a reduction of 15.8% was recorded on a yearly basis.Local production of electricity fell by 0.3% month-on-month and 59.5% year-on-year. The reduction over the year is due to the reduced generation from the Ruacana power station that went down by 68.9%, NSA pointed out.The import index went up monthly, registering a marginal increase of 0.4% in May 2021, while in April 2021 the index declined by 1.1%. Annually, electricity import grew by 42.3%. The yearly increase mainly emanates from Eskom Aggeneis, Zesco Firm Zambia and ZPC-Non-Firm Zambia that increased import of electricity into Namibia.Local production of electricity stood at 95 027 MWh in May 2021 compared to 95 326 MWh produced in April 2021, while 251 119 MWh of electricity was imported during the same month of 2021, NSA said.SalesThe electricity sales composite index for May 2021 increased by 4.3% on a monthly basis, compared to a decline of 1.9% recorded in April 2021. The index posted a growth of 10.7% year-on-year. The annual increase in the sale of electricity is owed to increase in domestic consumption of electricity for the period under review, NSA added.The domestic sales index increased by 4.5% month-on-month while registering an increase growth of 10.9% on an annual basis. The rise in domestic sales emanates from sales to redistributors and to mines.The export sales index posted a monthly decline of 1.9% in May 2021 compared to a reduction of 0.8% registered in April 2021. On an annual basis, the index went up by 3.7%. Increase in electricity export was destined to South Africa Rietfontein and Angola.In the month of May 2021, a total of 297 400 MWh of electricity was sold in the domestic economy compared to 284 527 MWh sold in April 2021. Additionally, 8 915 MWh of electricity was exported in May 2021 compared to exports of 9 089 MWh recorded during the preceding month, NSA said.

More electricity imported from Zambia and SA

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Namibian Sun 2025-04-04

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