22.05.2018 08:45
Electricity figures for April: 996 GWh generated and 699 GWh consumed in Estonia
In April, 12 per cent more electricity was generated in Estonia than in last April. Domestic production totalled 996 gigawatt-hours. Meanwhile, consumption grew by one per cent year-on-year to 699 gigawatt-hours.
Generation of electricity from non-renewable sources rose by 16 per cent in April, while generation from renewable sources decreased by ten per cent to 135 gigawatt-hours. Of all renewable energy generated in April, electricity from wind energy made up 37 per cent and electricity from biomass and biogas accounted for 59 per cent. Generation from wind energy fell 12 per cent, and generation from biomass dropped by 11 per cent. Renewable energy made up 16.9 per cent of domestic consumption in April.
Compared to last April, the commercial import of electricity fell by 13 per cent to 108 gigawatt-hours, but export grew more than one-third to 415 gigawatt-hours. Of import electricity, 54 per cent came from Finland and 46 per cent from Latvia. With regard to export, the figures were the opposite – 46 per cent was exported to Finland and 54 per cent to Latvia. Estonia’s electricity trading balance was a surplus of 307 gigawatt-hours in April.
Compared to the same month last year, 11 per cent more electricity was generated in Latvia; 72 per cent more was generated in Lithuania year-on-year. Consumption stayed the same in Latvia, and rose by 15 per cent in Lithuania. In total, the Baltics had a deficit of 62 gigawatt-hours in April.
Electricity generation in the Nordics fell by five per cent compared to last April, and consumption dropped by one per cent. In total, the Nordics had a deficit of 665 gigawatt-hours, with Sweden the only of the countries to have a surplus – 1.7 terawatt-hours.