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“Regarding the economic aspect of the problem, the power plant was built mainly to reduce dependence on gas supply. And as a result, it is planned to gradually dismantle gas-generating capacities that are aging morally and physically,” the minister told the state news agency BelTA.
“Second, we plan to increase electricity consumption by stimulating the development of the electricity industry,” added A. Čarviakovas.
Assessing the medium-term economic impact of the Baltic countries’ refusal to buy Belarusian electricity, the minister said that “it will certainly become an additional factor for Belarus to accelerate the establishment of production facilities focused on the use of surplus electricity. electricity”.
Lithuania’s Energy Ministry reported on Monday that the three Baltic countries were approaching final harmonization of the technical steps necessary for a joint boycott of the Astrava nuclear power plant.
“The Baltic countries have a fair political position with regard to not purchasing electricity from the Astrava nuclear power plant. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have already agreed in principle on additional steps necessary to implement effective technical measures to ensure that Belarusian electricity does not enter the Baltic electricity market from the start of electricity generation at the Belarusian Astrave nuclear power plant. ” – stated in the ministry’s comment.
According to the Ministry, part of the measures may be implemented immediately, part – when the necessary changes are made in the legal acts in the Baltic States.
“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 the Lithuanian and Belarusian infrastructure will cut the chances of importing electricity from other third countries by almost half. before the Baltic electrical system is synchronized. ” written in the comment.
Lithuania and the most active critic of the Astrava nuclear power plant, which is being built a few tens of kilometers from Vilnius, emphasize the need to comply with the safety requirements in the project. For its part, Minsk rejects the criticism.
Belarus’ first nuclear power plant, 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 first reactor at the Astrava nuclear power plant had begun to be loaded with nuclear fuel and that the commissioning phase of this reactor was scheduled for the end of August.
According to the Belarusian Ministry of Energy, the Astrava power plant is expected to start supplying electricity in the fourth quarter of this year. The second unit of the power plant is scheduled to come online in May 2022.
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