MUSCAT : The Sultanate of Oman’s production of electricity increased by 8.1% by the end of December 2021 to reach 41,409.6 thousand GW per hour compared to the end of December 2020, when the total production was 38,341.4 thousand GW per hour, according to the data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).

The Governorate of A’Dakhiliyah recorded the highest rise in electricity production from 24.5 GW per hour by the end of December 2020 to 389.1 thousand GW per hour by the end of December 2021. The Governorate of Muscat came second by recording a growth of 24.1%, followed by the Governorate of Al Wusta by 24%.

The electricity production in the Governorate of Dhofar fell by 5.6% from 3,823.9 thousand GW per hour to 3,611.7 thousand GW per hour.

The Governorates of North Al Batinah, South Al Batinah and A’Dhahirah recorded the highest volume of production which reached 25,688.6 thousand GW per hour. The Governorates of North and South A’Sharqiyah came second by 9,209.9 thousand GW per hour.

Meanwhile, water production in the Sultanate of Oman went up by 2.1% to reach 484,726.7 million cubic metres by December 2021 compared to 474,561.3 million cubic metres by the end of December 2020.

Water production in the Governorate of Muscat rose by 2.2%. Other governorates also recorded an increase of 3.8%, except for the Governorate of Dhofar which recorded a drop by 3.5% by the of December 2021 compared to the same period of 2020.