According to Energy Map, electricity exports totaled 113.4 thousand MWh during 31 August – 6 September, while imports amounted to 22.4 thousand MWh. As a result, electricity exports exceeded imports fivefold. At the same time, electricity export volumes decreased by 19% compared to the previous week, while import volumes nearly doubled.
The increase of electricity consumption was driven by cloudy and rainy weather across a large part of Ukraine, which led to lower generation from solar power plants on several days during the week. Higher air temperatures also led to increased electricity consumption due to more intensive use of air conditioners. Despite this, electricity demand was fully covered by domestic generation and commercial imports, and therefore no system-wide consumption restrictions were imposed.
Import structure by country*:
- Hungary – 8,6 GWh (38,3%);
- Romania – 1,1 GWh (4,7%);
- Slovakia – 5,8 GWh (26,0%);
- Poland – 6,9 GWh (30,9%);
- Moldova – 0,03 GWh (0,1%).
Electricity imports from Poland recorded the largest increase. Import volumes from this interconnection rose sevenfold compared to the previous week. Electricity exports took place every day, ranging from 7 thousand MWh to 20 thousand MWh per day. Daily import volumes fluctuated between 1,7 thousand MWh and 5,1 thousand MWh.
Export structure by country*:
- Hungary – 61,4 GWh (54,2%);
- Moldova – 33,3 GWh (29,3%);
- Romania – 10,2 GWh (9,0%);
- Slovakia – 8,3 GWh (7,3%);
- Poland – 0,2 GWh (0,1%).
Compared to the previous week, electricity exports declined across all destinations except Hungary, where export volumes increased by 6%. Exports to all other countries decreased by 22-93%.
*The total may not add up due to rounding.
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