Power Statistics - 2010 Edition - Full Report - Eurelectric

Demand
2.3 Comments
AUSTRIA (at)
In the last decade electricity demand in Austria increased by approximately 2% per year. The estimated
growth rate up to 2020 is below this due to the financial crisis and energy efficiency measures.
Until today the development of Austria’s electricity consumption is still highly correlated with the
development of GDP. For the future development efforts for a decoupling of these parameters are
undertaken especially through the improvement of energy efficiency measures.
GERMANy (de)
In 2009 electricity net consumption was -4.9% lower than in 2008. In conjunction with GDP growth
a further decoupling of electricity consumption and economic growth can be started in the long run,
although in the light of the economic crisis, the close correlation of economic performance and electricity
consumption became obvious in the short term. Nevertheless, higher energy efficiency, a better
understanding for energy saving measures and a growing service sector mainly determine the trend of
further decoupling.
SPAIN (es)
Table 2.1.: The interconnected total and peak demand corresponds to the mainland system, excluding
the autoproducers’ self-consumption. Total energy demand corresponds to the overall Spain. Peak
demand does not include the one corresponding to the autoproducers’ self-consumption.
FINLAND (fi)
Electricity consumption decreased from 90.4 TWh in 2007 to 87.2 in 2008 mainly due to the economic
crisis in autumn 2008.
The prognosis of future electricity consumption was made by Finnish Energy Industries in 2009 in
cooperation with Confederation of Finnish Industries EK. The prognosis is based on an average annual
economic growth of 2 percent and the population is assumed to grow from the current 5.35 million to
5.9 million by 2030. The prognosis of the industrial sector’s electricity consumption is based on the
inquiry which was sent to the major industrial electricity consumers.
Peak-load usually occurs in Finland on cold winter days. The sensitivity of peak demand to outdoor
temperature is approximately 140 MW/ºC. The highest demand of all time was reached in February 2007
when the consumption during one hour exceeded 14,800 MW. Winters after that have been mild apart
from winter 2009-2010, when consumption during one hour was 14,460 MW in January. Peak load is
expected to increase in the future in proportion to electricity demand.
The prognosis of energy consumption outside the electricity sector is from the Finnish Energy and
Climate Strategy that was published in 2008. The target for maximum energy consumption is used.
LITHUANIA (lt)
Final electricity consumption in 2009 was 9.16 TWh representing a decrease about 7.3% on the
previous year. In 2009, the major consuming sector was commerce and others (3.53 TWh). About
3.61 TWh were exported during the year 2009. Losses in the network have decreased about 4.9% i.e.
from 1.02 TWh in 2008 to 0.97 TWh in 2009.
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