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🇦🇹 Electricity Generation of Austria

The electricity generated in Austria has been on the rise since the start of the millennium. In 2022, electricity generation in Austria reach 64.69 TWh. Whereof 57.88% of the generated electricity in the country that year came from Hydro. A renewable resource with little damage on the environment.

  • In 2022, the electricity generation in Austria increased by -3.38%
  • In total, Austria generated 64.69 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2022.
  • Electricity generation in Austria grew with -2.26 TWh in 2022, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, production of electricity has increased by 8.09% in Austria
  • In 2022, Austria produced 0.23256507885606% of the world's total energy generation.

Total Electricity Generation of Austria (2000-2022)

Between the year 2000 and 2022, Austria's electricity generation has increased from 59.85 TWh to 64.69 TWh, a 8.09% increase in produced Terawatt hours during a 22 year time period.

Year TWh YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 59.85 % %
2001 61.06 1.21% 2.02%
2002 60.69 -0.37% -0.61%
2003 58.06 -2.63% -4.33%
2004 61.93 3.87% 6.67%
2005 64.49 2.56% 4.13%
2006 62.28 -2.21% -3.43%
2007 62.91 0.63% 1.01%
2008 64.5 1.59% 2.53%
2009 66.3 1.8% 2.79%
2010 67.91 1.61% 2.43%
2011 62.26 -5.65% -8.32%
2012 68.7 6.44% 10.34%
2013 64.59 -4.11% -5.98%
2014 61.62 -2.97% -4.6%
2015 61.85 0.23% 0.37%
2016 65.25 3.4% 5.5%
2017 67.42 2.17% 3.33%
2018 65.04 -2.38% -3.53%
2019 70.86 5.82% 8.95%
2020 69.19 -1.67% -2.36%
2021 66.95 -2.24% -3.24%
2022 64.69 -2.26% -3.38%

Austria's Electricity Generation by Fuel Source in 2021

In 2021, Hydro was the largest generator of electrical energy in Austria with 57.88% of the total electricity produced.

Fuel Source Proportion
Hydro 57.88%
Gas 15.86%
Wind 10.07%
Bioenergy 6.69%
Other Fossil 5.14%
Solar 4.15%
Coal 0.21%
Nuclear 0.0%
Other Renewables 0.0%

Data Information

Data found on this page is a derivative of Ember-Climate Yearly electricity data.

Data Sources

Ember-Climate

Ember-Climate Yearly Electricity Data

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. Data is collected from multi-country datasets (EIA, Eurostat, BP, UN) as well as national sources (e.g China data from the National Bureau of Statistics).

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