Moldova is allowed to import electricity from the EU under Ukraine's quotas: what is known
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Moldova will be able to use the unused part of the 2,100 MW quota for electricity imports from the EU shared with Ukraine. The country plans to import 400 MW through Romanian power lines to cover the deficit on the Right Bank.
Moldova has been given the opportunity to increase its quota for electricity imports from the EU. State Secretary of the Ministry of Energy of Moldova Constantin Borosan explained how the country plans to minimize the electricity deficit for the Right Bank, UNN reports with reference to News Maker.
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Thanks to the support of the EU, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) and electricity transport operators from Romania, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, the Energy Community Secretariat and Romania, we have found a mechanism to increase import opportunities
According to Constantin Borosan, the solution is to take the unused capacity of Moldova and Ukraine's total quota for electricity imports from the EU and use the 110 kV power lines between Moldova and Romania. Moreover, Moldova can transport more than 100 MW of electricity through them.
Moldova and Ukraine have a joint quota for electricity imports from the EU of 2,100 MW, of which 315 MW is for Moldova and the rest for Ukraine. This quota is for a 400 kV transmission line. The line runs through Isacci in the Odesa region of Ukraine and then to Vulcanesti. From there, European electricity is transported to Transnistria and then to the Right Bank.
However, this power line is not the only one; there are three other 110 kV lines between Moldova and Romania. Without electricity supply, the Moldovan CGE on the right bank does not have enough electricity from the EU to cover the needs of right-bank Moldova.
The updated plan presented by Borosan already indicates a share of 400 MW of EU electricity, of which 200 MW are direct contracts with Romanian Nuclearelectrica and Petrom, and another 200 MW on the Romanian OPCOM exchange. In this scenario, the Ministry of Energy forecasts a power shortage of about 60 MW during peak hours.
The last time right-bank Moldova did not use electricity from the Moldovan GREC was in November 2022. At that time, Moldova also used part of the quota allocated to Ukraine.
Moldovan experts note that the situation in Ukraine's energy sector has deteriorated due to massive attacks on its energy infrastructure by Russia. Therefore, it also needs electricity.
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