Ukraine decreases electricity imports by 966 times in September - Ukrenergo

In September 2021, Ukraine’s electricity exports decreased by 11.5%, to 304.3 million kWh compared with August 2021, imports dropped by 966 times, to 0.028 million kWh, Ukrinform reports, referring to the press service of NEC Ukrenergo.

“In September 2021, imports amounted to 0.006% of the total electricity consumption within the trade zone of the Burshtyn TPP Energy Island. Imports were carried out only to the Burshtyn TPP Energy Island from Romania for two hours - from 04:00 to 06:00 on September 21. Compared to August 2021, the total volume of imports decreased 966 times, from 27.1 to 0.028 million kWh,” the report says.

In September 2021, electricity exports decreased by 11.5% to 304.3 million kWh due to a significant decrease in exports from the trade zone of Ukraine’s integrated energy system. Thus, compared to August 2021, exports from Ukraine’s integrated energy system decreased by 43.3% - to 85.13 million kWh. At the same time, exports from the Burshtyn Island TPP increased by 13.1%, compared to August, to 219.2 million kWh. This was due to a significant increase in exports to Slovakia - 3.8 times. In addition, exports to Hungary increased by 6.6%, whereas exports to Romania decreased by 9%.

In January-September 2021, Ukraine’s electricity exports exceeded imports by more than 2.7 times - 2,779 million kWh against 1,014 million kWh. The largest volumes were exported to Hungary - 1,235 million kWh (44.4% of the total) and Poland - 725 million kWh (26.1%). Another 470 million kWh were exported to Romania (16.9%). As to electricity imports, the largest volumes were imported from Belarus - 522.6 million kWh (51.5% of the total) and Slovakia - 285.4 million kWh (28.1%).

As reported, in August 2021, compared to the previous month, Ukraine’s electricity exports decreased by 6.1% (to 344.1 million kWh) and imports grew 21.9 times (to 27.1 million kWh).

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