By KYIV. May 15 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine has started exporting electricity to Poland via the Khmelnytsky NPP-Rzeszow power transmission line, which recently opened after reconstruction, achieving a supply volume of 2.5 GWh on the first day, May 15.
According to a report on the website of ENTSO-E, continental Europe’s network of system operators, deliveries of 200 MW are sent 12 hours a day (00:00-05:00 and 08:00-15:00), followed by 100 MW the last hour of the day.
Based on information from the Ukrenergo electronic trading platform, DTEK Zakhidenergo booked this amount of capacity for export on May 15 at those specific hours. According to the May 16 auction, already held, the same company booked 100 MW each for the first four hours and the last hour of the day, as well as 200 MW each for 7 hours of the day (08:00-15:00).
Meanwhile, auctions for the distribution of export capacity via the Dobrotvor-Zamosc line, through which DTEK Zakhidenergo has traditionally exported electricity to Poland, were not held on May 15-16. From May 8-12, this line exported 6.425 GWh in total.
As for Ukrainian electricity imports via the Khmelnitsky NPP – Rzeszow line, ENTSO-E data show this has not occurred, although D.Trading had booked the network’s full capacity of 350 MW at the auction. For May 16, only 1 MW is booked for 4 hours by Khmelnytskenergozbut.
Polish system operator PSE has also announced an auction on its platform for the distribution of available throughput capacity on the Rzeszow – Khmelnytsky NPP section of the line for the May 15-31 delivery period. The capacity on offer is 200 MW from Ukraine, and 350 MW from Poland.
In early May, Ukrenergo reported that the Khmelnytsky NPP – Rzeszow line, modernized together with PSE, passed its three-day test as of April 27.
The export of electricity from Ukraine, which resumed in April after it stopped in October 2022, reached 89.7 GWh for the month. Most of the electricity, over 40GWh, was exported to Moldova, 30.4 GWh went to Poland and 19.2 GWh was sent to Slovakia.
