Friday 17 / January / 2025
Muscat: The Sultanate's total electricity production at the end of October 2020 fell 3.1 per cent to reach 32,891.5 GW per hour compared to the end of the same month of 2019 when the total production was 33,955.1 GW per hour.
Meanwhile, water production at the end of October 2020 increased by 6.5 per cent to reach 396.83 million cubic metres compared to 372.57 million cubic metres in the same period in 2019, according to statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
The total electricity production in the Governorates of Al Batinah and Al Dhahirah reached 20,455.7 GW per hour at the end of October 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, when the production was 20,532 GW per hour. The total electricity production in Al Sharqiah reached 7,432.9 GW per hour compared to an output of 7,240.5 GW last year, recording a rise of 2.7 per cent.
Meanwhile, total electricity production in the Governorate of Dhofar fell 4.4 per cent at the end of the 10 months of 2020, reaching 3,207.4 GW per hour compared to 2019, when it amounted to 3,354.6 GW per hour.
The total electricity production in the Governorate of Al Dakhliyah fell by 96.6 per cent at the end of October 2020 to reach 24.5 GW per hour compared to 723.4 GW during the same period of 2019. The governorate of Al Wusta recorded a rise in total electricity production by 13.3 per cent.
The net figures are inclusive of purchases by Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) and the Rural Areas Electricity Company (RAEC) from local power generating entities, as well as output from auto-generators and diesel rental units.
The Sultanate's net electricity production at the end of October 2020 fell 2.6 per cent to touch 32,115.6 GW per hour compared to 32,956 GW per hour achieved during the prior-year period.
As per the NCSI data, Al Batinah and Al Dhahirah topped the list of governorates with the highest net electricity production, reaching 19,926.7 GW per hour from 19,866.4 GW per hour in 2019. Al Sharqiah ranked second, reaching 7,255.1 GW per hour at end of October 2020 compared to 7,074.9 GW in 2019. Muscat, Dhofar, Musandam and Al Dakhliyah recorded a fall in net electricity production by 24.7 per cent, 4 per cent, 4.1 per cent and 96.7 per cent, respectively.
On the other hand, the water production of the Sultanate reached 396.83 million cubic metres at the end of October 2020, an increase of 6.5 per cent from the end of October 2019, when it was 372.57 million cubic metres, the data revealed.
In Muscat, the water production rose by 4.4 per cent to reach 171.80 million cubic metres in the 10 months of 2020 compared to 164.48 million cubic metres in 2019. Water production also rose in the Governorate of Dhofar by 5.5 per cent to reach 52.86 million cubic metres in 2020 compared to 2019, when the production was 50.11 million cubic metres.
The total water production of other governorates at the end of October 2020 was 172.16 million cubic metres, a rise of 9 per cent from the end of October 2019, when the production reached 157.96 million cubic metres.
