Oman’s total production of electricity, water increases

Oman’s total production of electricity increased by 6.4 percent and water by 1.5 percent

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman’s total electricity production by the end of 2023 recorded an increase of 6.4 percent to reach 44,346.3 gigawatts per hour, compared to 41,698 gigawatts per hour during the end of 2022.

Statistics issued by the National Center for Statistics and Information showed that the governorates of North and South Al Batinah and Al Dhahirah recorded a total production of 28,325.2 gigawatts per hour, while the Al Dakhiliyah Governorate recorded the highest percentage of increase in total production by 91.2 percent to reach 164.4 gigawatts per hour.

Total production in Muscat Governorate increased by 65.4 percent to reach 618.5 gigawatts per hour, and in Dhofar Governorate by 13 percent to reach 4,687.2 gigawatts per hour.

The total production in the North and South Al Sharqiyah Governorates also increased by 9.3 percent, reaching 9,874.2 gigawatts per hour, and in the Musandam Governorate, the total production increased by 6.1 percent, recording 480.4 gigawatts per hour, while the total production in the Al Wusta Governorate decreased by 30.9 percent, reaching 196.3 gigawatts per hour.

Statistics indicated that the Sultanate of Oman’s net electricity production until the end of 2023 increased by 6.6 percent to reach 43,11.8 gigawatts per hour.

On the other hand, statistics showed that the total amount of water produced in the Sultanate of Oman increased by 1.5 percent to reach about 520 million and 358.7 thousand cubic meters by the end of 2023, compared to 512 million and 440 thousand cubic meters by the end of 2022.