Although Inter RAO’s total production increased by 2.5% to 35.99 billion kW/h, the volume of electricity supply from Russia abroad decreased by 20.2% on an annual basis in the January-March period. This was reported by TASS referring to company data.
Supply increased to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia, which became the main buyers of Russia’s electricity. However, the overall dynamics were negatively affected by China, where Inter RAO’s exports fell by 75% in the two months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.
“The reasons are the scarcity of water, increased consumption and production repairs in the Far East. “Since November, supplies to the major Amurskaya-Haihe power line have been interrupted,” the company notes.
In April, the head of the Ministry of Energy, Nikolai Shulginov, said that exports to China could recover this year only with the accumulation of hydropower resources.
Before that, it was known that the energy sector would be the largest enterprises in China in the first two months of 2024. augmented Electricity production increased by 8.3% to 1.49 trillion kWh. Thermal energy production increased by 9.7% and hydroelectricity production increased by 0.8%. Nuclear and wind power plants increased production by 3.5% and 5.8%, respectively. Solar energy grew by 15.4 percent.
A battery that could do this had previously been invented in China. work 50 years without recharging.