Last month Ukraine’s electricity imports reduced by 58%, to 181.8 thousand megawatt-hours, compared to September. Meanwhile, the export of electricity increased 88-fold, 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.
“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, 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). 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. From October 12, exports began to rapidly decrease, and electricity imports were growing instead. (Ukrinform)