Stopping the export of Ukrainian electricity will not significantly affect Slovakia
The import of electricity from Ukraine to the territory of Slovakia decreased from 150 megawatts (MW) to zero on Tuesday due to Russia’s attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure. However, the imported electricity was not intended for Slovak consumers, and therefore not significantly affected by this change, stated for TASR Slovak Electricity Transmission System (SEPS).
“In the past electricity capacity, the export capacity between Slovakia and Ukraine, i.e. export from Ukraine to Slovakia, was 150 MW, this was used in full,” said SEPS spokeswoman Sandra Čičová Kotzigová.
“Since it is not possible to state that the entire volume of commercially imported electricity was placed in Slovakia, we do not expect a significant impact on the Slovak Republic,” she added.
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Ukraine was forced to export electricity by Russian attacks
The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy announced that it will stop the export of electricity to the European Union following Monday’s (October 10) Russian missile attacks on the energy infrastructure.
The attacks, which hit thermal power plants and power lines, forced Ukraine to generate power to stabilize its own energy system.
Electricity trading between Ukraine and Slovakia was resumed on July 7, and an agreement was reached in mid-September to increase the commercial transmission capacity between Ukraine and the transmission systems of continental Europe.
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