MUSCAT: The total electricity production in the Sultanate of Oman until end of July 2023 increased by 3.9 per cent to reach 25,133.6 gigawatts per hour, compared to 24,181.9 gigawatts per hour during the same period in 2022.
Preliminary statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) indicated that the governorates of Al Dhahirah, South and North Al Batinah recorded an increase in total electricity production by 1.8 per cent, reaching 16,007.2 gigawatts per hour.
Production also increased in the Al Dakhiliyah Governorate by 137 per cent to reach 127.8 gigawatts per hour, as well as in the North and South Al Sharqiyah Governorates by 7 per cent, reaching 5,628.7 gigawatts per hour, in the Dhofar Governorate by 13.8 per cent, reaching 2,727.6 gigawatts per hour, and in the Musandam Governorate by 2.1 per cent, recording 260.7 gigawatts per hour.
Total electricity production in Muscat Governorate decreased by 12.7 per cent, recording 267.4 gigawatts per hour, and total production in Al Wusta Governorate decreased by 36.3 per cent, reaching 114.2 gigawatts per hour.
The Sultanate of Oman’s net electricity production until the end of July 2023, which includes the purchases of the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company and the purchases of the Rural Areas Electricity Company by region, amounted to 24,357.2 gigawatts per hour, with the largest amount of net electricity production came from governorates of Al Dhahirah and South and North Al Batinah, which amounted to 15,488.9 gigawatts per hour.
On the other hand, the total amount of water produced in the Sultanate of Oman witnessed an increase of 1.8 per cent to reach 301,986,800 cubic metres by the end of July 2023, compared to 296,770,000 cubic metres by the end of the same period in 2022. The production water in the Dhofar Governorate increased during this period by 3.1 per cent, and in Muscat Governorate by 1.8 per cent. — ONA
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