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The EDP group's electricity production in the first half of the year rose to 38.19 terawatt hours (TWh), 7% more than at the same period last year. , while the installed capacity of the group increased by only 2% 26.8 gigawatts (GW).
The increase in production in the first half has mainly benefited from an increase in the rate of utilization of water capacity which has increased from 15% to 18% in the Iberian Peninsula and from
The utilization factor of wind farms remained stable at 34%, with the use of gas, coal and nuclear power plants having been reduced
. With the recovery of hydropower generation, EDP operating results in the first half increased further by increasing the use of installed capacity than by adding electricity.
In June, Moody 's agency predicted an increase in precipitation The first half of the year was marked by a marked improvement in EDP' s results in 2018. [19659002] In the income statement, EDP points out that customers in the Iberian Peninsula increased by 1.3% in electricity and 3.4% in natural gas [19659002] In the distribution sector of electricity, the volumes transported by the group grew in all markets, up 3.6% in Portugal, 1.6% in Spain and 1.1% in Brazil.
EDP will present the full results of the first semester to July 26th.
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