Verbund’s H1 hydro up, thermal down

摘要

Strong year-on-year growth in hydro generation meantrnAustrian utility Verbund lifted its first-half power generationrnby 16% to 17.5 TWh, the company said July 26.rnHydro output climbed 23% to 16.5 TWh, while pumpedrnstorage output was up 24% to 2.4 TWh.rnH1 water supply to rivers was 8% above the long-termrnaverage and 19 percentage points above H1 2017, Verbundrnsaid. This was largely due to an extremely wet January. ForrnJune, company data showed run-of-river resourcesrndropping below the long-term average.rnHydro’s performance was tempered by a lowerrncontribution from thermal generation, down 52% on yearrnto 609 GWh due to a big reduction in congestionrnmanagement.