Last week Lithuania imported 66% of electricity it consumed: 52% from Latvia, Estonia and Finland, while the rest from third countries.
The stable price was determined by almost unchanged wind power generation and consistent electricity import from neighbouring countries. Power generation increased in Kaliningrad's heat and power plant at the end of the week and import from Russia's Kaliningrad region grew more than twofold. The total electricity import volume from third countries remained unchanged even though less was imported from Belarus.
Compared to the previous week, the average electricity price in the whole Nord Pool Spot system grew by a fifth, to EUR 19.9 per MWh. Prices grew due to maintenance of power lines in the Nordic countries. However, a reactor of Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant, one of the biggest in Scandinavia, became operational once again in the weekend, leading to price decrease.
On 7-13 September, international Latvia-Estonia interconnection capacity was on average used at 97%, Lithuania-Latvia – at 51%, Lithuania-Belarus – at 51%.
