Electricity system summary August 2017: Electricity production falls in August, consumption rises

Estonian electricity production fell in August by 15 per cent year-on-year, totalling 855 gigawatt-hours. Production from renewable sources fell by five per cent to 118 gigawatt-hours and production from non-renewable sources by 16 per cent to 737 gigawatt-hours.

Electricity consumption totalled 625 gigawatt-hours altogether, growing by two per cent compared with the previous year. The share of electricity produced from renewable sources as a proportion of domestic consumption was 16.7 per cent. In total, domestic production exceeded consumption by 231 gigawatt-hours.

Electricity trade imports grew by around almost half compared to the previous year to 185 gigawatt-hours. Electricity trade exports fell during the same period by 18 per cent to a total of 416 gigawatt-hours. Of total electricity imports, 95 per cent came from through the Estonian-Finland connections, and five per cent from the direction of Latvia. Of exports, 82 per cent went to Latvia and the remaining 18 per cent went to Finland. The monthly summary shows that the Estonian electricity trade balance saw net exports of 231 gigawatt-hours.

Gross production in the Baltic States fell in comparison with August last year by six per cent, while at the same time consumption grew two per cent. The electricity balance in the three countries saw a deficit of 608 gigawatt-hours, constituting 30 per cent of consumption in the Baltic States in August.

In the Nordic countries, electricity production grew by three per cent, and consumption by one per cent. The balance in August saw a surplus of 583 gigawatt-hours.