
Moldova: Electricity production from renewable energy sources in 2020 amounted to 81.4 million kWh, up 20.6% compared to 2019.
Such data are contained in the report of the National Energy Regulatory Agency on activities in 2020.The document notes that of the total amount of electricity produced in 2020 from renewable sources, the largest share accounted for wind energy (61.6%); it is followed by electricity from biogas (34.2%), solar electricity (4%), and the lowest share of energy were produced by hydroelectric power plants (0.2%). At the same time, the production of solar electricity in 2020 amounted to 3 million 275 thousand kWh, up 2.3 times compared to the previous year. Wind power production in 2020 amounted to 50 million 138 thousand kW / h, which is 35.8% more than a year earlier. The production of electricity generated from biogas decreased over the year by 3.3% - to 27 million 793 thousand kWh. The output of electricity by hydroelectric power plants decreased 2.2 times - to 147 thousand kW / h. According to available data, the total installed capacity of generating capacities in the sector of electricity production from renewable energy sources in 2020 amounted to 54.7 MW in Moldova, including 44.1 MW - wind, 4.3 MW - solar, 6.1 MW - biogas-based, 0.2 MW - hydroelectric power plants. // 05.07.2021 - InfoMarket