Yearly Statistics & Adequacy Retrospect 2013

The data presented in this edition covers 2013 and indicates that on ENTSO-E’s power system:

• Electricity consumption decreased by -1.3% (-1.0% when taking into account the fact that year 2012 was a leap year - one day more);

• Net Generating Capacity (NGC) increased again, but the increase from 2012 to 2013 (14 GW) was not as large as from 2011 to 2012 (43 GW);

• Unavailable Capacity increase was of the same order of magnitude as the NGC increased (13.6 GW on average): this is because more and more power comes from Renewable Energy Sources (RES), large percentages of which are often unavailable.