Net electricity generated by the Enel Group in 2011 amounted to 293.9 TWh (+1.3% on the 290.2 TWh generated the previous year), of which 79.0 TWh in Italy and 214.9 TWh abroad.
The Enel Group’s plants in Italy generated 79.0 TWh, down 2.6 TWh compared with 2010. The decline in hydroelectric generation (-5.9 TWh) due to less favourable water conditions recorded in 2011 compared with 2010 was partially offset by greater thermal generation (+2.9 TWh) and generation from other renewable resources (+0.4 TWh).
In 2011 domestic electricity demand increased by 0.6% compared with 2010, reaching 332.3 TWh, with the increase being supported by net electricity imports, which rose by 1.5 TWh (+3.3%).
Net electricity generated abroad by the Enel Group in 2011 came to 214.9 TWh, up 6.3 TWh (+3.0%) from the previous year. The increase was mainly attributable to the greater volumes generated by Endesa in the Iberian peninsula (+8.1 TWh, despite the contraction of 0.6 TWh associated with the change in the scope of consolidation with the ECyR plants transferred to Enel Green Power España at the end of March 2010) and the increase in the output of the
companies of the Renewable Energy Division (+1.0 TWh), mainly due to the change in scope of consolidation that occurred with the ECyR operation.
Of the electricity generated by Enel Group power plants in Italy and the rest of the world, 58.4% came from thermal generation, 28.2% from renewables and 13.4% from nuclear power.
