They continue to grow i electricity consumption of Italians. According to data from Terna, the company that manages the national transmission grid, in May our country consumed 25,7 billion kWh of electricity, an increase in both trend terms (+5,5% compared in May 2021) and cyclical (+0,4% compared to April 2022).
However, May had one more working day (22 vs 21) and an average monthly temperature almost 3°C higher than the same period last year. The data of electrical demand, seasonally adjusted and adjusted for calendar and temperature effects, is therefore up by 2,9%.
At the territorial level, the trend change for May 2022 was positive everywhere: +5,8% al North part, +5,1% al Centro and +4,9% al South and in islands.
Also last month, 82,3% of Italian electricity demand was satisfied with national production and the remainder (17,7%) with the balance of energy exchanged with foreign countries. Net national production amounted to 21,4 billion kWh (+0,7%).
Electricity consumption: a look at renewables
Renewables covered 37% of the national electricity demand. Source production is growing thermoelectric (+ 20%) and PV (+4%); in decline the others: Geothermal -0,9% water -28,7% ed wind -43,1%, the latter two due to the effects of the low rainfall and low winds respectively which characterized the period. As regards the import-export balance, the change is equal to +32,1%. For the second consecutive month, there was a growth in imports (+29,7%) and a decrease in exports (-6,2%).
The IMCEI index developed by Terna - which examines the industrial consumption of so-called 'energy-intensive' companies - recorded a decrease of 2,8% compared to May 2021 (+2% on a like-for-like calendar). With seasonally adjusted data and adjusted for the calendar effect, the index shows a decrease of 1,4% compared to the previous month (April 2022). The findings of the food and paper sectors were positive. The sectors of non-ferrous metals, means of transport, construction materials and iron and steel are down; the sectors of mechanics and chemistry were essentially stable.
