Ukraine has increased its electricity imports in February following the application of power outages for industry and business. However, the reserved transmission capacity is still not being used 100%.
Source: ExPro Electricity, a monitoring project focused on Ukraine’s power generation, etc
Details: ExPro Electricity reports that the average daily electricity imports for 11-17 February amounted to 10,500 MWh, twice as much as for 1-10 February.
Since the beginning of February, almost 130,000 MWh of electricity have been imported, with the largest share coming from Hungary (36%).
ExPro estimates that the reserved limit for imports is currently only 30-40% used. Despite the need for electricity during the evening peak hours, the supply for this period is about 1 GW out of 2.1 GW of technical capacity.
Background:
- Ukraine applied power outages for industry and business on 18 February.
- Emergency power outages were applied across Ukraine on 17 February.
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