Ukraine to increase electricity exports to EU countries to 550 MW per hour
Increased capacity by 150 MW is equal to the operation of one additional unit of a thermal power plant
Starting from 1 March, the maximum limit for the export of Ukrainian electricity from Ukraine and Moldova to the EU will be increased to 550 MW per hour. This decision was made today by ENTSO-E, the operators of the continental European power systems, increasing the export capacity of interconnectors by 150 MW. This capacity is equal to the operation of one additional unit of a thermal power plant.
Source. This was announced by Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, Chairman of the Board of PrJSC National Energy Company Ukrenergo.
"Today, at the Made in Ukraine forum, I said that Ukrainian electricity is a popular product in Europe, which can also be labelled as made in Ukraine. Today, Ukraine sells electricity to all its neighbouring countries: Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Poland and Moldova. And exports have been gradually increasing since mid-February, while imports have been decreasing," he wrote on Facebook.
Trade with other countries with a growing share of exports is a consequence of the fact that despite the destruction, regulatory flaws and debt problems in the market, the power system still works stably and is part of a large European continental network, Kudrytskyi said.
"Today's positive decision by ENTSO-E also shows that we continue to improve our power system: we meet the technical conditions of our European colleagues in order to prepare our energy infrastructure for increased export volumes.
(...) The growth of Ukrainian electricity exports is one of the indicators of the country's economic recovery," said the CEO of Ukrenergo.
Background. As a reminder, the HACCU arrested two suspects in absentia in the scheme to seize Ukrenergo's electricity worth UAH 716 million.
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