Belarus’ Energy Ministry hopes to export electricity upon NPP commissioning
<p> MINSK, May 11 - PrimePress. The Ministry of Energy of Belarus expects that the economic aspect will prevail over political considerations in the neighboring countries and Belarus will exports electric energy that will be generated by its nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast), Deputy Energy Minister of Belarus Mikhail Mikhadyuk said during the online briefing held on May 11. </p> <p> </p> <p> “We are first of all looking at our domestic consumers so that our economy will be more competitive with the new nuclear power plant. We will offer our energy, as we do today, to our neighbors. I think the “i’s” will be dotted in the economy in little time. Politics makes certain adjustments today, but the economy will sure sort things out,” said Mihadyuk. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus is exporting electricity generated in the Belarusian energy system regardless of the source. Belarus’ electricity will become more competitive once the NPP has been commissioned,” he said. </p> <p> </p> <p> He earlier reported that Belarus doubled the electricity export to 2.37 billion kWh in 2019. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Ministry of Energy of Belarus announced on May 6 that fuel had been delivered for the first reactor of the NPP. Lithuania called on to stop the launch of the plant, which is located 50 km from Vilnius, as it is being built without observing safety requirements. Lithuania will not procure Belarus’ electric energy, and would make efforts to block supplies of energy to be generated by the Belarusian NPP to the European Union. Lithuania has been complaining about the safety of the NPP since the project inception. The Lithuanian parliament ruled that the power plant poses a threat to its national security. </p> <p> </p> <p> Minister of Energy of Belarus Viktor Karankevich said that the reactor of the first power unit would be put into operation in July 2020, and energy would be supplied to the national grid from September or October 2020. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Region also referred to as Astravyets) will have two units with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts, which are slated to be launched in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The Belarusian nuclear station’s design stems from the AES-2006 design developed by the St Petersburg-based institute Atomenergoproject, which is also the general contractor of the Belarusian project. End </p>
2020-05-12
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Belarus’ Energy Ministry hopes to export electricity upon NPP commissioning
MINSK, May 11 - PrimePress. The Ministry of Energy of Belarus expects that the economic aspect will prevail over political considerations in the neighboring countries and Belarus will exports electric energy that will be generated by its nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast), Deputy Energy Minister of Belarus Mikhail Mikhadyuk said during the online briefing held on May 11.
“We are first of all looking at our domestic consumers so that our economy will be more competitive with the new nuclear power plant. We will offer our energy, as we do today, to our neighbors. I think the “i’s” will be dotted in the economy in little time. Politics makes certain adjustments today, but the economy will sure sort things out,” said Mihadyuk.
Belarus is exporting electricity generated in the Belarusian energy system regardless of the source. Belarus’ electricity will become more competitive once the NPP has been commissioned,” he said.
He earlier reported that Belarus doubled the electricity export to 2.37 billion kWh in 2019.
The Ministry of Energy of Belarus announced on May 6 that fuel had been delivered for the first reactor of the NPP. Lithuania called on to stop the launch of the plant, which is located 50 km from Vilnius, as it is being built without observing safety requirements. Lithuania will not procure Belarus’ electric energy, and would make efforts to block supplies of energy to be generated by the Belarusian NPP to the European Union. Lithuania has been complaining about the safety of the NPP since the project inception. The Lithuanian parliament ruled that the power plant poses a threat to its national security.
Minister of Energy of Belarus Viktor Karankevich said that the reactor of the first power unit would be put into operation in July 2020, and energy would be supplied to the national grid from September or October 2020.
Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Region also referred to as Astravyets) will have two units with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts, which are slated to be launched in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The Belarusian nuclear station’s design stems from the AES-2006 design developed by the St Petersburg-based institute Atomenergoproject, which is also the general contractor of the Belarusian project. End