29.11.2018 12:54
Warm autumn also results in decreased natural gas consumption in October
The consumption of natural gas dropped in October by 13 per cent to 390 gigawatt-hours as a result of the warmer than usual weather.
Natural gas imports to Estonia were 13 per cent less than last October – 403 gigawatt-hours. The amount of natural gas that entered the country in a 24-hour period was 6 gigawatt-hours and the maximum was 25 gigawatt-hours.
The transmission pipe volume reserve in October was 48 gigawatt-hours, dropping 13 per cent compared to last October.
In October, 2 terawatt-hours of natural gas was transported through the transmission pipeline in south-eastern Estonia from Russia to Latvia.
According to data from the register of certificates of origin of gas administered by Elering, 5397 megawatt-hours of biomethane was produced in October. The corresponding figure for September was 4569 megawatt-hours. Production of green gas of domestic origin was started this April and a total of 28 882 megawatt-hours of methane were produced over seven months in Estonia, being consumed in the transport sector.
The price of natural gas traded on the GET Baltic gas exchange in Lithuania was 28.17 euros per megawatt-hours in the Estonian bidding area, growing by 18 per cent compared to September. In Latvia, the price rose by about 15 per cent to 28.12 euros per megawatt-hour and in Lithuania about 16 per cent to 28.53 euros per megawatt-hour . The average system price in the Baltics grew more than 15 per cent to 28.39 euros per megawatt-hour. The comparable price on the Finnish Kaasupörssi rose in October by slightly over 1 per cent, reaching 27.03 MW/hour.
As a result of balance settlement in October, the shares of balance providers’ portfolios were the following based on consumption:
|
Distribution of consumption in portfolios, % |
August 18 |
September 18 |
October 18 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Eesti Gaas |
66.8% |
71.6% |
73.2% |
|
Eesti Energia |
16.2% |
12.5% |
13.5% |
|
Scener |
11.3% |
9.3% |
6.7% |
|
Alexela |
5.6% |
6.5% |
6.6% |
|
Elektrum Eesti |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
JSC Latvijas Gaze |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.0% |