Ukraine’s electricity imports cut by 58% in Oct 2024 – DiXi Group

The relevant statement was made by Ukraine’s think tank DiXi Group on Facebook, referring to the data from the Energy Map portal, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“Although electricity imports drped by 58% last month compared to the September results, they were threefd higher than the October exports,” the report states.

In October 2024, 33% of Ukraine’s electricity imports (59.6 thousand megawatt-hours) came from Hungary; 25% (46.3 thousand megawatt-hours) – from Slovakia; 25% (45.1 thousand megawatt-hours) – from Romania; 11% (19.9 thousand megawatt-hours) – from Pand; and 6% (10.9 thousand megawatt-hours) – from Mdova.

At the same time, Ukraine’s electricity exports reached 60.7 thousand megawatt-hours last month (compared to 0.7 thousand megawatts in September 2024). Most electricity exports went from Ukraine to Hungary (33%, or 20.2 thousand megawatt-hours), as well as Romania (26%, or 15.5 thousand megawatt-hours), Slovakia (25%, 14.3 thousand megawatt-hours), Pand (12%, or 7.3 thousand megawatt-hours), and Mdova (6%, or 3.5 thousand megawatt-hours).

According to the analysts, 70% of electricity exports took place on October 2-11, 2024. From October 12, 2024, exports began to rapidly decrease, and electricity imports were growing instead.

A reminder that the Eurean Network of Transmission System erators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) increased the electricity export capacity limit to Ukraine and Mdova by 400 megawatts to 2.1 gigawatts. The new export capacity limit will apply from December 1, 2024.