Ukraine’s electricity imports cut by 58% in Oct 2024 – DiXi Group

Last month Ukraine’s electricity imports reduced by 58% to 181.8 thousand megawatt-hours compared to September 2024. Meanwhile, the export of electricity increased by 88 times to 60.7 thousand megawatt-hours.

The relevant statement was made by Ukraine’s think tank DiXi Group on Facebook, referring to the data from the Energy Map portal, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“Although electricity imports dropped by 58% last month compared to the September results, they were threefold higher than the October exports,” the report states.

In October 2024, 33% of Ukraine’s electricity imports (59.6 thousand megawatt-hours) came from Hungary; 25% (46.3 thousand megawatt-hours) – from Slovakia; 25% (45.1 thousand megawatt-hours) – from Romania; 11% (19.9 thousand megawatt-hours) – from Poland; and 6% (10.9 thousand megawatt-hours) – from Moldova.

At the same time, Ukraine’s electricity exports reached 60.7 thousand megawatt-hours last month (compared to 0.7 thousand megawatts in September 2024). Most electricity exports went from Ukraine to Hungary (33%, or 20.2 thousand megawatt-hours), as well as Romania (26%, or 15.5 thousand megawatt-hours), Slovakia (25%, 14.3 thousand megawatt-hours), Poland (12%, or 7.3 thousand megawatt-hours), and Moldova (6%, or 3.5 thousand megawatt-hours).

According to the analysts, 70% of electricity exports took place on October 2-11, 2024. From October 12, 2024, exports began to rapidly decrease, and electricity imports were growing instead.

A reminder that the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) increased the electricity export capacity limit to Ukraine and Moldova by 400 megawatts to 2.1 gigawatts. The new export capacity limit will apply from December 1, 2024.