According to data published on Energy Map, electricity imports rose by 8.3% week-on-week to 23.7 GWh, while exports increased by 40.5% to 61.4 GWh. Weekly imports reached their highest level since the second half of August.
Throughout the week, russia continued its targeted and systematic attacks on energy facilities. On 3 November, one of the largest attacks hit 10 regions of Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, the enemy carried out targeted missile and drone strikes on power plants, transmission and distribution substations, and combined heat and power plants. As a result of the attack, three DTEK thermal power plants sustained extensive damage and stopped generating electricity. On the night of 7 November, russia once again launched a massive strike on a number of Ukrainian energy facilities. Emergency power outages were applied in several regions. According to the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, nuclear power plants were forced to reduce their output due to large-scale and systematic russian attacks on energy infrastructure. On 2–8 November, hourly outage schedules (HOS) for all categories of consumers and capacity limitation schedules (CLS) for industry were applied in some regions. In certain regions, HOS reached 4 queues for the first time this autumn, meaning that about two-thirds of the consumers covered by the schedules were disconnected at the same time, and that outages could last up to 16 hours a day if such restrictions were applied around the clock.
During the week, the daily export-to-import ratio ranged from 2.4 to 3.0. Average daily imports amounted to 3.4 GWh.
Imports by country:
- Hungary – 13.5 GWh (57.1%);
- Romania – 8.0 GWh (33.7%);
- Slovakia – 1.8 GWh (7.4%);
- Poland – 0.4 GWh (1.8%).
Compared to the previous week, imports from Romania rose by 25.9%. Purchases from Poland and Hungary fell by 37.1% and 9.0%, respectively. Imports from Slovakia, absent since 6 September, resumed on 4 November. There were no imports from Moldova.
Daily exports ranged from 7.2 to 9.2 GWh, peaking on 5 November. Exports took place mostly at night: the hours from 22:00 to 06:00 accounted for 63% of the weekly volume, while during the evening peak, from 16:00 to 19:00, no electricity was sold abroad.
Exports by country*:
- Hungary – 32.6 GWh (53.1%);
- Moldova – 15.7 GWh (25.5%);
- Romania – 5.9 GWh (9.6%);
- Slovakia – 5.6 GWh (9.1%);
- Poland – 1.7 GWh (2.7%).
Exports to Hungary and Moldova rose by 42.8% and 29.7%, respectively, while exports to Poland and Romania fell by 17.9% and 12.8%, respectively. Electricity sales to Slovakia resumed on 5 November.
*Figures may not add up due to rounding.