Electricty system monthly report: Electricity production to decrease in September; consumption to increase by seven per cent

In September, Estonian electricity production decreased by 15 per cent in a year-on-year comparison, totalling 827 gigawatt-hours. Therewith, production from renewable sources rose by 12 per cent, reaching 116 gigawatt-hours, but production from non-renewable sources fell by 18 per cent, reaching 711 gigawatt-hours.

Electricity consumption amounted to 654 gigawatt-hours, increasing by seven per cent in a year-on-year comparison. Electricity produced from renewable sources comprised 15.9 per cent of domestic consumption. In a monthly summary, domestic production exceeded electricity consumption by 174 gigawatt-hours.

Commercial imports of electricity increased by 13 per cent compared to last year, reaching 151 gigawatt-hours. At the same time, commercial exports of electricity decreased by a third, totalling 325 gigawatt-hours. 88 per cent of electricity imports came via Estonian-Finnish connections and 12 per cent from the Estonian-Latvian border. 91 per cent of electricity exports went to Latvia and the remaining nine per cent to Finland. At the end of the month, the net exports of the commercial electricity balance of Estonia totalled 174 gigawatt-hours.

In the Baltic states, gross production increased by seven per cent in comparison with September of last year, while consumption increased by five per cent. The electricity balance of the three countries saw a deficit of 503 gigawatt-hours, which amounts to 24 per cent of gross consumption in the Baltic states in September.

In the Nordic countries, production increased by three per cent and consumption by four per cent. In September, the balance was in surplus by 421 gigawatt-hours.