Power generation decreases by more than one-quarter in February

According to Elering data, a total of 691 gigawatt-hours of electricity was generated in Estonia in February, which is 27 per cent less than during the same period last year. Similarly to production, electricity consumption also fell, decreasing by 8 per cent to 767 gigawatt-hours.

The share of renewable energy in consumption grew to 22.1 per cent in January. Production of renewable energy in February was 59 per cent higher than it was in the same month a year ago, and stood at 184 gigawatt-hours. In February, wind energy production was 95 gigawatt-hours, almost three times more than last February’s figure, and 9 per cent more energy was produced from biomass and gas.

In Latvia, a total of 466 gigawatt-hours of electricity was generated in February, which is 35 per cent less than during the same period last year. In Lithuania, production increased by 25 per cent to 315 gigawatt-hours. Similarly to Estonia, power consumption was down in Latvia and Lithuania, falling 5 per cent to 611 gigawatt-hours in Latvia and 3 per cent to 997 gigawatt-hours in Lithuania.

As a whole last month, the Baltics generated 1472 gigawatt-hours of power and consumed 2375 gigawatt-hours, for a balance of minus 903 gigawatt-hours.

In the Nordics in February, the production volume totalled 35 072 gigawatt-hours and consumption stood at 35 399 gigawatt-hours. The deficit was thus 326 gigawatt-hours. The Nordic power balance was influenced in January most of all by the Finnish deficit, which was 1621 gigawatt-hours.

Compared to last February, 37 per cent more electricity was imported to Estonia last year – a total of 312 gigawatt-hours. Eighty per cent of this originated from Finland. The export figure fell 31 per cent year over year to 234 gigawatt-hours. Two-thirds of exported electricity flowed to Latvia and one-third to Finland.