In recent days, we have received many questions about whether Ukraine is currently exporting electricity to European countries.
In short: no, this is not true. Electricity generated by Ukrainian nuclear, hydro, thermal power plants, and CHP plants is used exclusively to meet domestic consumption needs.
Here is a detailed explanation:
As a result of massive missile and drone attacks, all major thermal and hydropower plants in Ukraine have been damaged. Their ability to generate electricity has significantly decreased. At the same time, consumer demand has remained at the same level as before the attacks. Therefore, all available capacities of domestic power plants are now working solely to cover internal consumption — accordingly, Ukraine is not exporting electricity abroad.
Data confirming the absence of electricity exports can be checked for each neighboring country:
- Poland: https://bit.ly/45cBpy8
- Hungary: https://bit.ly/3EiE4JO
- Romania: https://bit.ly/3EcioPm
You can also see on the Ukrenergo website that commercial export of Ukrainian electricity to neighboring states is currently not taking place:
https://bit.ly/3hUYVeD
Ukraine’s power system is part of the European energy network. When power systems are interconnected (as are those of Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland), technical flows occur between them.
Some people — mistakenly or deliberately — confuse these technical flows with commercial export, not understanding how a synchronized power system works.
These flows are a natural phenomenon determined by the laws of physics. As a rule, they are minor. But the hourly balance is always close to zero: what flows out of the system returns to Ukraine immediately in nearly the same amount.
