MINSK, 22 July (BelTA) – Belarus has resumed electricity import from Ukraine, representatives of the Belarusian Energy Ministry told BelTA.
The source noted: “We are talking about mutually beneficial cooperation on a parity basis: mutual supplies of electricity are performed between the power grids of our countries depending on the technical feasibility and the economic advisability.”
The Ukrainian state enterprise National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom said that the export of electricity generated by Ukrainian nuclear power plants to Belarus began at midnight on 22 July.
The source said: “Belarus will receive 12,000 MWh of electricity sold via the Ukrainian Energy Exchange from 22 July through 31 July at the average weighted price of 948 hryvnas per megawatt-hour (MWh).”