Belarus households’ consumption of electricity for heating and hot water supply up 593% to 89.4m kWh in 2020 – Energy Ministry
<p> MINSK, Mar 1 - PrimePress. The consumption of electricity by Belarusian households for heating and hot water supply increased in 2020 by 593% fr om 2019 to 89.4 million kWh, the Energy Ministry reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> Energy supplying organizations received 24,200 specification requests for connection of single-family residential buildings to the electric grid for heating and hot water supply; 19,200 specifications were issued. Over 8,000 clients are already using electricity for heating and hot water supply, reads the report. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to the ministry, once commissioned, the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) will provide extra opportunities to increase nationwide electricity consumption. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Energy Ministry earlier approved a program to increase electricity consumption for heating, hot water supply and cooking for 2021-2025. It covers three main areas: construction of new electrified housing, wh ere electricity will be used for heating and hot water supply; switching of multifamily houses from solid fuels to electricity (85 such houses in five years); switching of the existing individual housing stock to the use of electricity for heating and hot water supply. This is planned as an alternative to natural gas utilization, primarily in rural areas. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, Belenergo enterprises reduced electricity output in 2020 by 15.56% from 2019 to 34.035 billion kWh. After the two power units of the Belarusian NPP have reached the full capacity, the Belarusian energy system will be able to increase energy generation by 18 billion kWh per year. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Oblast also referred to as Astravyets) will have two units with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts. The AES-2006 Russian standard design of (generation 3+) was chosen for its construction. Rosatom’s division Atomstroyexport acts as the general contractor for the NPP construction. The Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant RUE is the project customer and the future operator of the NPP. The ceremony of the official launch of the NPP took place in early November 2020. According to presidential decree No.447 of November 30, 2020, the first power unit of the NPP will be put into commercial operation in 2021, the second power unit – in the first half of 2022. End </p>
2021-03-02
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Belarus households’ consumption of electricity for heating and hot water supply up 593% to 89.4m kWh in 2020 – Energy Ministry
MINSK, Mar 1 - PrimePress. The consumption of electricity by Belarusian households for heating and hot water supply increased in 2020 by 593% fr om 2019 to 89.4 million kWh, the Energy Ministry reports.
Energy supplying organizations received 24,200 specification requests for connection of single-family residential buildings to the electric grid for heating and hot water supply; 19,200 specifications were issued. Over 8,000 clients are already using electricity for heating and hot water supply, reads the report.
According to the ministry, once commissioned, the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) will provide extra opportunities to increase nationwide electricity consumption.
The Energy Ministry earlier approved a program to increase electricity consumption for heating, hot water supply and cooking for 2021-2025. It covers three main areas: construction of new electrified housing, wh ere electricity will be used for heating and hot water supply; switching of multifamily houses from solid fuels to electricity (85 such houses in five years); switching of the existing individual housing stock to the use of electricity for heating and hot water supply. This is planned as an alternative to natural gas utilization, primarily in rural areas.
As previously reported, Belenergo enterprises reduced electricity output in 2020 by 15.56% from 2019 to 34.035 billion kWh. After the two power units of the Belarusian NPP have reached the full capacity, the Belarusian energy system will be able to increase energy generation by 18 billion kWh per year.
Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Oblast also referred to as Astravyets) will have two units with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts. The AES-2006 Russian standard design of (generation 3+) was chosen for its construction. Rosatom’s division Atomstroyexport acts as the general contractor for the NPP construction. The Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant RUE is the project customer and the future operator of the NPP. The ceremony of the official launch of the NPP took place in early November 2020. According to presidential decree No.447 of November 30, 2020, the first power unit of the NPP will be put into commercial operation in 2021, the second power unit – in the first half of 2022. End