South Africa’s power consumption increased by 2,6% to 19 742 GWh in November, data published by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) showed on Thursday.
In the first 11 months of 2010, power consumption increased by 4,1% compared with the same period in 2009.
Stats SA reported that electricity production rose by 3,4% in November, and by 4,2% in the first 11 months of 2010.
The country bought 11 263 GWh of electricity from outside its borders, which was an increase from the 11 183 GWh that it purchased in the same period in 2009.
The volume of power sold to neighbouring countries increased by 5,3% in the 11 months.
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