Belarus starts exporting electricity to Poland

On May 6 Belarus started exporting electricity generated by Bereza state district power plant to Poland, BelTA learnt from Belenergo representatives. BelTA has been told, a contract had been signed with Poland. According to the contract Belarus undertakes to supply around 70 million kWh of electricity every month to Poland till the end of the year. Thus after a break, which had lasted more than a year, Belarusian energy supplies were resumed. In 2006 Belarus exported around one billion kWh to Poland. However, due to an increase in prices for imported natural gas and a consequent increase in prices for Belarusian electricity, the export was suspended. It is now again profitable for Poland to import electricity from Belarus, noted Belenergo specialists. The source attributed it to an increase in prices for Russian natural gas for Poland. Belarusian electricity is exported from energy units No 5 and 6 of Bereza state district power plant to Polish substation Wolka Dobrynska.