This chapter is split into three sections, covering regional statistics on water, waste and renewable energy from photovoltaic panels (PVs). Statistics for water production and consumption are based on information supplied by the Water Services Corporation. Waste statistics comprise separate waste collection through bring-in sites, civic amenity sites and door-to-door collection, together with municipal waste generation. Statistics on renewable energy from photovoltaic panels (PVs) include data on stock of PV installations, total kWp of grid-connected PVs, peak power rating in kWp and harvesting of renewable energy in GWh from grid-connected PVs.
Salient Points
Water: 2024
… water consumption in MALTA registered an increase of 6.4 per cent.
… the percentage of network losses decreased from 9.5 to 8.7 per cent.
… seasonal peaks and troughs were more pronounced in the Gozo and Comino region, characterised with sharper increases in demand during summer months.
… the reverse osmosis plant, in the Gozo and Comino region produced over 2.0 million m3 of water.
… the percentage of network losses in the region of Malta was lower than that of Gozo and Comino, with a discrepancy of 3.5 percentage points.
Waste
in 2024
… the collection of separated dry recyclables through door-to-door collection was lower than in 2020 for Malta region by 17.9 per cent and for Gozo and Comino region by 2.7 per cent.
… the collection of separated dry recyclables through bring-in sites was 16.0 per cent less than in 2020 in the Malta region, whereas in the Gozo and Comino it decreased by 46.2 per cent to 274 tonnes.
… the collection of mixed paper, plastic and metal (grey/green bag) in MALTA accounted for the largest share (86.3 per cent) of the door-to-door collection of dry recyclables and registered a decrease of 19.6 per cent over 2020.
… in the Malta region, the collection of glass constituted the highest share of all materials collected through bring-in sites, at 70.6 per cent. Conversely, in the Gozo and Comino region, the collection of paper represented the highest share of all materials collected through bring-in sites, standing at 68.4 per cent.
… waste collected from civic amenity sites in Malta region decreased by 1,581 tonnes over 2020 to 31,840 tonnes.
… 94.2 per cent of all waste collected from civic amenity sites in MALTA was classified as non-hazardous.
… municipal waste generation in MALTA amounted to 353,525 tonnes, an increase of 6.9 per cent for Malta region and an increase of 3.7 per cent in the Gozo and Comino region over 2020.
8.3 Renewable Energy from Photovoltaic Panels (PVs)
In 2024
… the stock of PV installations amounted to 34,955 of which 85.6 per cent were installed in the region of Malta and 14.4 per cent were in the Gozo and Comino region.
… the Northern Harbour and Western districts accounted for 37.5 per cent of the total stock of PV installations.
… the domestic sector accounted for 93.4 per cent of the total stock of PV installations and 45.0 per cent of the total kWp.
… the commercial and public sectors accounted for 5.8 and 0.8 per cent of the total stock, and 52.5 and 2.5 per cent of the total kWp respectively.
… most energy was generated in the South Eastern and Northern Harbour districts at 23.2 and 17.9 per cent of the total GWh respectively.
… the top 9 localities – when comparing the total number of PVs installed in the domestic sector per thousand population – were all located in the Gozo and Comino region.
… the peak power rating of an average PV system in the domestic sector stood at 3.5 kWp, whereas that for the commercial and public sectors amounted to 65.2 and 21.5 kWp respectively.
… the generation of energy from grid-connected PVs increased by 5.8 per cent, totalling an estimated value of 326.5 GWh.
