The head of the Russian Ministry of Energy, Nikolai Shulginov, in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel, said that by the end of this year, electricity exports will exceed the 2020 figure by 15%.
“Compared to 2020, growth today is almost 15% at the end of the year,” the minister said in a statement. TASS.
Formerly Shulginov declarationHe said that according to this year’s results, Russia will increase the total volume of electricity exported to Mongolia and China by 20%. At the same time, the growth of exports to China will grow by 16%.
At the same time, current generation in the European part of Russia and the Urals decreased due to the decrease in electricity exports to European countries. December 22 newspaper “Kommersant” reportedthat this trend started in the summer of 2022 and is due to the imposition of international sanctions against Moscow. As a result, electricity generation in the European part of Russia and the Urals fell by 1.2% year-on-year during this period, and by more than 3% in the energy system of the Northwest Federal District.