Lithuania strives for Baltics’ boycott of Belarus’ electricity - operator
<p> MINSK, Nov 30 - PrimePress. Litgrid, Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator, has sent to Latvian and Estonian operators a revised draft methodology that will hinder trade in Belarusian electricity to be generated by the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast), Litgrid reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to the operator, the new methodology prevents trade in Belarusian electricity and increases the electricity import from Russia, while the coefficient established in the previous methodology (2018) does not reflect either actual energy flows from Russia and Belarus, or possible flows after the launch of the Belarusian NPP. </p> <p> </p> <p> Lithuania believes that it was the 2018 methodology that stopped electricity trade with Belarus, and that Latvia and Estonia should not use it when trading with Russia. </p> <p> </p> <p> Lithuania has been objecting the construction of the Belarusian NPP near its border since the very inception of the project. The Lithuanian parliament calls the NPP a threat to national security. </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 first power unit of the NPP is expected to be put into commercial operation in February 2021, the second power unit – in May 2022. The ceremony of the official launch of the NPP took place in early November 2020. End </p>
2020-11-30
Primepress
Lithuania strives for Baltics’ boycott of Belarus’ electricity - operator
MINSK, Nov 30 - PrimePress. Litgrid, Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator, has sent to Latvian and Estonian operators a revised draft methodology that will hinder trade in Belarusian electricity to be generated by the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast), Litgrid reports.
According to the operator, the new methodology prevents trade in Belarusian electricity and increases the electricity import from Russia, while the coefficient established in the previous methodology (2018) does not reflect either actual energy flows from Russia and Belarus, or possible flows after the launch of the Belarusian NPP.
Lithuania believes that it was the 2018 methodology that stopped electricity trade with Belarus, and that Latvia and Estonia should not use it when trading with Russia.
Lithuania has been objecting the construction of the Belarusian NPP near its border since the very inception of the project. The Lithuanian parliament calls the NPP a threat to national security.
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 first power unit of the NPP is expected to be put into commercial operation in February 2021, the second power unit – in May 2022. The ceremony of the official launch of the NPP took place in early November 2020. End