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Belarusian Economy Minister Aliaksandr Arviakov said on Tuesday that Minsk did not uphold the Baltic countries’ decision not to buy Belarusian electricity after the Astrava nuclear power plant was connected, and believed this would give the country development. industrial and dependence on imported gas.
As for the economics of this problem, the power plant was built mainly to reduce dependence on gas supply. As a result, it is planned to gradually introduce gas generating capacity, which is aging morally and physically, the minister’s skin was quoted by state news agent BelTA.
Second, we plan to increase electricity consumption by stimulating the development of the electricity industry, added A. arviakovas.
Assessing the medium-term economic impact of the Baltic states’ refusal to buy Belarusian electricity, the minister said that it will undoubtedly become an additional factor for Belarus to accelerate the development of production facilities focused on the consumption of surplus electricity. .
Lithuania’s Energy Ministry reported on Monday that the three Baltic states were approaching final harmonization of the technical measures necessary for the joint boycott of the Astrava nuclear power plant.
The Baltic States have a fair political position with regard to not purchasing electricity from the Astrava nuclear power plant. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have largely agreed and more steps are needed to implement effective technical measures to ensure that electricity does not enter the Baltic electricity market from Belarus from the start of electricity generation at the Belarusian Astrave nuclear power plant, he said. the ministry. comments.
According to the Ministry, part of the measures can be implemented immediately, some when the necessary legislative changes are made in the Baltic countries.
It is also important to note that the Baltic states agree not only not to buy electricity from Belarus, but also to the fact that the removal of Lithuanian and Belarusian infrastructure will cut the chances of importing electricity from other countries by almost half before to synchronize the electrical system of the Baltic States.
Lithuania is the most active critic of the Astrava nuclear power plant, which is being built a few kilometers from Vilnius, emphasizing the need to meet the safety requirements in the project. In turn, Minsk rejects the criticism.
The first nuclear power plant in Belarus, with two reactors in the Russian VVER project, each with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts, is being built in the Grodno region about 50 kilometers from Vilnius and less than 30 km from the border with Lithuania.
At the beginning of August, it was officially announced that the loading of the first reactor of the Astrava nuclear power plant had begun and that the start-up phase of the reactor is scheduled for the end of August.
According to the Belarusian Ministry of Energy, the supply of electricity to the Astrava power plant should start in the fourth quarter of the year. The second jgains unit is scheduled to go live in May 2022.
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