In May, consumption showed a variation compared to the same period last year: -26.6%. In the conventional market, the variation was 0.5%, and in the electric market, it was -95.7%. The annual cumulative evolution stands at -14.4%, with 4.6% in the conventional market and -57.6% in the electric market.
The consumption corresponds to the total amount of natural gas consumed monthly in mainland Portugal. It is divided into two main market segments: the Electricity Market, which corresponds to the natural gas consumed by combined cycle plants for electricity production, and the Conventional Market, which corresponds to the natural gas consumed domestically and industrially, excluding electricity production. Monthly variations are calculated in relation to the same month of the previous year. Annual variations refer to the cumulative total up to the respective month, and 12-month variations refer to the twelve months ending in the respective month compared to the previous corresponding period.
| Consumption | Variation [%] | Conventional | Variation [%] | Eletricity | Variation [%] | |||||||
| [GWh] | Month | Year | 12 Months | [GWh] | Month | Year | 12 Months | [GWh] | Month | Year | 12 Months | |
| january | 4 219 | 6.5 | 6.5 | -15.6 | 3 123 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 1 096 | 15.4 | 15.4 | -37.8 |
| february | 3 582 | -26.8 | -11.9 | -17.8 | 2 960 | 16.1 | 9.4 | 4.9 | 622 | -73.4 | -47.8 | -44.7 |
| march | 3 802 | -5.9 | -10.1 | -16.3 | 3 074 | -0.2 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 728 | -24.1 | -42.5 | -42.8 |
| april | 2 862 | -17.1 | -11.6 | -15.7 | 2 741 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 121 | -85.6 | -49.6 | -43.6 |
| may | 2 789 | -26.6 | -14.4 | -15.6 | 2 743 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 46 | -95.7 | -57.6 | -45.1 |
june (*) |
2 743 |
0.5 |
4.6 |
6.2 |
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Repartição da produção por fonte primária – carvão, gás natural, água, vento, sol, ondas, biomassa e outros. Representa-se ainda a importação, caso exista.
A linha mais grossa representa o consumo de electricidade e a linha mais fina indica a soma deste com o consumo em bombagem (consumo das centrais hidroeléctricas reversíveis, utilizado para bombear água de um reservatório para outro mais elevado e que será turbinada posteriormente).
Caso a produção seja maior que o consumo, significa que se está a exportar electricidade, sendo a exportação a diferença entre a produção e o consumo.