20.12.2018 09:47
Natural gas consumption in November decreases year-over-year
Estonia imported and consumed 496 gigawatt-hours of natural gas in November - 7 per cent less than in November last year.
The minimum amount of natural gas that entered the country in a 24-hour period was 11 gigawatt-hours and the maximum was 27 gigawatt-hours. In total, close to 1,093 gigawatt-hours of natural gas entered the natural gas transmission network administered by Elering, of which transit from Russia to Latvia made up 596 gigawatt-hours, three times greater than in the same period last year.
The transmission pipe volume reserve in October was 46 gigawatt-hours, dropping 16 per cent compared to November last year.
Elering administers the register of certificates of origin of gas, according to which 5,029 megawatt-hours of green gas – biomethane – was produced in November. Production of green gas of domestic origin was started this April and a total of 33,911 megawatt-hours of methane were produced over seven months in Estonia, this being largely consumed in the transport sector.
The average price of natural gas traded on the Lithuanian gas exchange GET dropped in November in all Baltic bidding areas by 5 to 6 per cent. The price of natural gas in the Estonian bidding area was 26.57 euros per megawatt-hour, in Latvia, 26.28 euros per megawatt-hour and in Lithuania, 26.88 euros per megawatt-hour. The average system price in the Baltics in November was 26.73 euros per megawatt-hour. The comparable price in Finland’s Kaasupörssi was 25.38 euros per megawatt-hour, falling by 6 per cent in October.
As a result of the balance settlement in November, the balance administrators’ portfolios’ shares were as followed based on consumption:
|
DISTRIBUTION OF CONSUMPTION IN PORTFOLIOS % |
Sept. 18 |
Oct. 18 |
Nov. 18 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Eesti Gaas |
71.65% |
73.19% |
80.21% |
|
Eesti Energia |
12.52% |
13.48% |
7.56% |
|
Scener |
9.28% |
6.72% |
5.68% |
|
Alexela |
6.46% |
6.55% |
6.49% |
|
Elektrum Eesti |
0.03% |
0.03% |
0.03% |
|
JSC Latvijas Gaze |
0.06% |
0.03% |
0.03% |