Astravas nuclear power plant’s electricity trade with Russia multiplied by 3.5 – Litgrid

In 2020, when the Belarusian nuclear power plant was not in operation, the average hourly import volume to mainland Russia was about 180 MW per hour. After the start of operations at the Belarusian nuclear power plant and the start of electricity generation, the amount doubled and exports to mainland Russia began to double, said Giedrius Radvila, Head of the Litgrid System Management Department, at a conference. press on Wednesday.

Since January, we have seen that with the start of commercial operation and the export of electricity to Belarus, which requires trade with mainland Russia to have increased 3.5 times as the system has turned into surplus, he added.

According to G. Radvila, depending on the bandwidth of the Russia-Latvia section, in 2021 imports to mainland Russia and at the same time from Belarus may increase to 7.1 terawatt hours (TWh), compared to 1.3 TWh of the last year.

Renatas Pocius, president of the State Energy Regulatory Authority (VERT), highlights that the methodology for trade with third countries, approved simultaneously by Latvia and Estonia, does not verify the unavailability of electricity produced in Belarus for the Baltic States.

The methodology used with third countries is not effective. The electricity produced in Belarus falls in the Baltic States The objective of the political agreement has not been achieved, said R. Pocius at a press conference.

He stressed that Belarus had a surplus of electricity generation after the start of commercial operations at the Astrava nuclear power plant.

This is due to an increase in physical flows on the Belarus-Lithuania connection, which also presupposes an increase in trade flows with third countries, says the president of VERT.

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