ELECTRICITY IN MALTA

Electricity in Malta

Renewable energy

Wind Energy

Solar Energy

Oil

Coal

Non-renewable

energy

Electricity Rates

in Malta

Importation and exportation of energy.

Production of energy within Malta.

How is electricity generated all over Europe distributed?

Some of the topics that will be mentioned in this presentation are:

Electricity Rates in Malta

All over the world many factors influence electricity prices, including:

• Power generation costs.
• Government taxes or subsidies.
• CO2 taxes.
• Local weather patterns.
• Transmission.
• Distribution infrastructure.

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Importation and exportation of energy.

• Malta imported 0.42 billion kilowatt-hours in the year 2020.

In comparison to the previous year of 2019, it has declined by 36.07 percent.

• Down from 0.66 billion to 0.44 billion kilowatt-hours.

Malta also did not export any energy during the time period.

2019-2020

electricity

importation

Exportation of energy in 2017-2018

• Malta exported energy for the first time in history in 2017 and 2018, when its power plant produced 1.8 million Mwh (megawatthours), accounting for 68 percent of total electricity production in 2018.

• Malta exported 36,000 Mwh (megawatthours) in 2017, however, this plummeted to about 11,000 Mwh (megawatthours) the following year.

Energy

exportation

between

2017-2018

Production of energy within Malta

Malta lacks a native fossil fuel supply and a gas distribution network, relying heavily on fossil fuel and power imports to meet its energy demands. The Malta–Sicily interconnector has been operational since 2015, allowing Malta to connect to the European power grid and import a large portion of its electricity.

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• Solar energy accounts for the majority of renewable energy generated in Malta, with wind, Combined Heat and Power also contributing.

Generation used in a power plant

• Malta's electrical generation mix is no longer reliant on heavy fuel oil facilities to provide acceptable supply security as of today.

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• Instead, the country is pursuing a diversified energy mix that includes two gas-fired plants, the Malta-Italy Interconnector, grid-connected renewable energy sources, and sufficient emergency capacity provided by the gasoil-fired Delimara 2 facilities.

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Solar and wind energy

• While the EU believes there is tremendous potential for solar and wind energy, worries about the loss of restricted countryside land as well as potential visual pollution pose a significant obstacle.

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• Grants for rooftop solar water heaters, which are popular in Malta, as well as solar feed-in tariffs, are also available to encourage people to consider solar panel installation.

• As of December 2019, EU-funded government funds allowed households to reclaim from the government 50% of installation costs up to €2.300.

• The planning authority approved the "Solar Farm Policy" in October 2017, with the goal of establishing adequate conditions for future utility-scale solar farm developments with minimal negative landscape impacts, with a focus on car parks, industrial zones, and huge rooftops.

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• In February 2019, an abandoned landfill site in Birżebbuģa was permitted for an 8,000-panel plant.

Solar energy

Wind energy

• According to a January 2007 EU fact sheet, Malta has a significant wind energy potential.

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• Private consumers might receive a 25% investment incentive for wind power up to 3.7 kW in 2010. (urban wind turbines).

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• Excess electricity was acquired at EUR 0.07 per kWh and injected into the system.

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• The EV incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles in Malta have been increased to12,000 euros for 2022.

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Encouraging into electrical vehicles

• Malta will become a leader in 

decarbonization, according

to Prime Minister Robert

Abela, with the number of

electric vehicles in the

national fleet increasing 

from 36 in 2013 to over

4,000 by July 2021