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Slovakia Energy Information

Slovakia Key Figures

Population:
5.43 million
GDP growth rate:
1.67 %/year
Energy independence:
42.7%

Data of the last year available: 2022

Total consumption/GDP:*
54.6 (2005=100)
CO2 Emissions:
5.49 tCO2/capita
Rate of T&D power losses:
4.85%

* at purchasing power parity

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Total Energy Consumption

At 3.2 toe, total energy consumption per capita is 10% above the EU average; power consumption per capita is 20% lower (4 400 kWh) (2022).

Total energy consumption dropped by 4.5% in 2022 to 17.3 Mtoe, after a 9% increase in 2021; it is close to its 2019 level (pre-Covid). It fell between 2002 and 2014 (-1.3%/year), then recovered until 2017 (+2.9%/year until 2017) before stabilising until 2019.

Primary energy intensity to the GDP has decreased by 2.5%/year since 2010. It is now 34% higher than the EU average (at purchasing power parity).

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Crude Oil Production

Slovakia produces very limited amounts of crude oil (0.3 Mt), which is used in the petrochemical industry only.

Crude oil imports (5.5 Mt in 2022) come mainly from Russia (77% in 2021) through the Druzhba pipeline. The pipeline, with a capacity of 20 Mt/year in the Slovak section, runs through Belarus and Ukraine. Oil is exported to Croatia through the Adria pipeline, which is connected to the Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline.

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Oil Products Consumption

In 2022, oil consumption was 4.2 Mt, above its 2019 levels, when it dropped to 3.9 Mt in 2019. The rebound was mainly driven by transport demand (+12% between 2021 and 2022). Before that, it grew by 3.4%/year between 2013 and 2018.

Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION (Mt)

The transport sector absorbed 61% of the oil consumption in 2022, followed by non-energy uses (23%) and industry (7%), while power plants and buildings account for only 2% each.

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Natural Gas Consumption

In 2022, natural gas consumption dropped by 18% to 4.4 bcm, well below 2019 levels (-10%). This significant drop was mainly due to a strong decrease in natural gas consumption by power plants (-42%) and, to a lesser extent, to lower demand in the residential and services sectors (-13%) due to rising gas prices. Natural gas consumption soared by 12% in 2021 to 5.5 bcm and was relatively stable around 4.9 bcm between 2018 and 2020. Natural gas consumption decreased sharply (-3.9%/year) between 2001 and 2014, then recovered slowly (+1.3%/year) until 2020.

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Coal Consumption

After a 19% rebound in 2021, coal and lignite consumption dropped by 11% in 2022 to 4.4 Mt (same level as in 2020), continuing its downward trend since 1990 (-50% between 1990 and 2000, -30% up to 2015 to 6.4 Mt, broadly stable up to 2018, and down 29% between 2018 and 2020).

Coal and lignite consumption from the power sector has decreased by 57% since 2010, due to successive coal and lignite-fired unit closures. It decreased more slowly in industry (-23% since 2010).

Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION (Mt)

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Power Consumption

Electricity consumption dropped by 9% in 2022 to 24 TWh due to rising electricity prices. In 2021, it rebounded by 7%, after a 5% decrease in 2020. Before that, electricity consumption had increased by an average of 1%/year between 2010 and 2018.

Graph: ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION (TWh)

Electricity is mainly consumed by industry (44%), followed by services (27%) and the residential sector (22%) (2022).

Graph: ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2022%)

Renewable in % Electricity Production

SIEA, the Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency, oversees the implementation of programmes on renewables.

The national target to increase the share of renewables in final consumption to 14% in 2020 was exceeded by 3.3 points, reaching 17.3%. The NECP aims to raise this share to 19% in 2030, including 27% for electricity, 19% for heating, and 14% for transport (17.4% in 2021, 22.4% of which for electricity, 19.5% for heating, and 8.8% for transport).

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CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions

GHG emissions rebounded by 14% in 2021 to 33 MtCO2eq, after a 14% drop in 2020; they stood 48% below 1990 levels.

In its NDC, Slovakia has a binding GHG emission reduction target of at least 40% by 2030 compared to 1990. By 2030, Slovakia aims to cut its GHG emissions in the ETS sectors by 43% (as other EU members) and those in the non-ETS sectors by 20% compared to 2005 levels.