REN Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS S A : This Tuesday’s low temperatures bring natural gas and electricity consumption to new highs
January 08, 2021 at 04:40 pm IST
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This Tuesday's low temperatures bring natural gas and electricity consumption to new highs
07.01.2021
Following a series of particularly cold days, natural gas and electricity consumption in Portugal reached new highs, in regard to both peak and daily consumption levels.
The new highest peak in electricity consumption was reached at 8 p.m. yesterday, with 9546 MW, exceeding the previous peak of 9403 MW, which occurred on 11 January 2010.
As for natural gas, the previous peaks and daily consumption were exceeded by approximately 10%. The previous peak of 13539 MW, which was reached on 7 January 2020, was topped by a peak of 14862 MW recorded at 8 p.m. yesterday. Daily consumption reached 298.9 GWh, exceeding the previous high of 269.9 GWh, of 5 December 2017.
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REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, S.A. specializes in the operation and concession management of the Portuguese electricity transportation network. Net sales break down by activity sector as follows:
- electricity (63.7%): transportation of electricity from producers to end distributors and consumers, management of the electricity transportation network (connecting user installations to the network, maintenance of the network, etc.). At the end of 2022, the network has a total of 9,424 Km;
- gas (34.8%): transportation of natural gas from producers to end distributors and industrial consumers, underground storage of natural gas, receiving, storage, and regasification of liquid natural gas (LNG), infrastructure construction and maintenance services, etc.;
- telecommunications (1.3%);
- other (0.2%).
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