Monthly report of electricity system: Electricity production falls in July, consumption remains at previous year’s level

Estonia’s electricity production fell in July by eight per cent compared with the year prior to a total of 769 gigawatt-hours.

Electricity consumption totalled 571 gigawatt-hours, remaining at a comparable level to the year before.

Production from renewable sources rose by 27 per cent to 95 gigawatt-hours, while at the same time production from non-renewable sources fell by 11 per cent to 674 gigawatt-hours. Electricity produced from renewable resources made up 14.8 per cent of domestic consumption. In total, domestic production exceeded electricity consumption by 198 gigawatt-hours last month.

Electricity trade imports grew by around a quarter compared to the previous year to 263 gigawatt-hours. Electricity trade exports fell during the same period by three per cent to a total of 454 gigawatt-hours.

Of total electricity imports, 96 per cent came from through the Estonian-Finland connections, and four per cent from the direction of Latvia. Of exports, 93 per cent went to Latvia and the remaining seven per cent went to Finland. The monthly summary shows that the Estonian electricity trade balance saw net exports of 191 gigawatt-hours.

Gross production in the Baltic States fell by three per cent compared with July the year before, but consumption remained unchanged. The electricity balance in the three countries saw a deficit of 612 gigawatt-hours, around a third of total consumption in the Baltic States in July.

In the Nordic countries, electricity production grew by six per cent, and consumption by two per cent. The balance in July saw a surplus of 1800 gigawatt-hours.