Energy in Belarus

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Belarus electricity supply by source
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Map of power plants
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Lukoml power station
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Power lines (220, 330 и 750 kv) in Belarus

Energy in Belarus describes energy and electricity production, consumption and import in Belarus. Belarus is a net energy importer. According to IEA, the energy import vastly exceeded the energy production in 2015, describing Belarus as one of the world's least energy sufficient countries in the world. [1] Belarus is very dependent on Russia. [2]

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Total energy consumption (measured by total primary energy supply) in Belarus was 27.0 Mtoe in 2018, similar to consumption in Norway and Hungary. [1] Primary energy use in Belarus was 327 TWh or 34 TWh per million persons in 2008. [3]

Primary energy use per capita in Belarus in 2009 (34 MWh) was slightly more than in Portugal (26 MWh) and about half of the use in Belgium (64 MWh) or Sweden (62 MWh). [3]

Overview

Energy in Belarus [4]
Population
(million)
Prim. energy
(TWh)
Production
(TWh)
Import
(TWh)
Electricity
(TWh)
CO2-emission
(Mt)
20049.823114227230.960.6
20079.703264727632.562.7
20089.683274728733.264.2
20099.663114725831.460.8
20129.473435028634.466.0
2012R9.4635547.930935.071.1
20139.4731746.427434.558.3
Change 2004-09-1.6%-0.1%11.9%-5.0%1.6%0.2%
Mtoe = 11.63 TWh, Prim. energy includes energy losses

2012R = CO2 calculation criteria changed, numbers updated

Power plants

NameRegion/cityCapacity, MW [5]
Lukoml GRES Vitebsk Region 2,889
Byaroza GRES Brest Region 1,095
Minsk thermal No. 4 Minsk city1,035
Minsk thermal No. 5 Minsk Region 719.6
Gomel thermal No. 2 Gomel city544
Minsk thermal No. 3 Minsk city442
Mogilev thermal No. 2 Mogilev city347
Grodno thermal No. 2 Grodno city302.5
Novopolotsk thermal Novopolotsk city270
Mazyr thermal Mazyr city205
Babruysk thermal No. 2 Babruysk city182.6
Svietlahorsk thermal Svietlahorsk city155
Minsk thermal No. 2 Minsk city94
Viciebsk thermal Vitebsk city80
Orsha thermal Orsha city79.8
Barysaw thermal Barysaw city65
Zhodzina thermal Zhodzina city54
Lida thermal Lida city43
Vitebsk hydro Vitebsk Region 40
Mogilev thermal No. 1 Mogilev city38.5
Gomel thermal No. 1 Gomel city37.3
Zhlobin thermal Zhlobin city26.2
Pinsk thermal Pinsk city22
Polotsk hydro Vitebsk Region 21.7
Mogilev thermal No. 3 Mogilev city19.5
Baranavichy thermal Baranavichy city18
Grodno hydro Grodno Region 17
Brest thermal Brest city12
Babruysk thermal No. 1 Babruysk city12

The Astravets Nuclear Power Plant is under construction, with the first unit of two expected to come online in 2020. [6]

Natural gas

The country is one of the world’s largest importers of natural gas with estimates for 2018 being about 17 Mtoe (20 billion cubic metres [bcm]) of natural gas, making it the leading importer among the so-called EU4Energy countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. In 2018 almost all generated electricity came from natural gas (97%, or 39 terawatt hours [TWh]). [1] In 1990, the IEA reported natural gas as constituting 52% of electricity generation, with oil generating 48%. [7]

There are two large gas pipes running through Belarus, the Yamal–Europe pipeline and Northern Lights. In addition there is the Minsk–Kaliningrad Interconnection that connects to Kaliningrad.

Oil

Oil refineries, oil and gas pipelines in Belarus Major gas and oil pipelines in Belarus.png
Oil refineries, oil and gas pipelines in Belarus

Belarus is a large oil refiner, listed 36th in the world, at 19 Mt of oil products in 2018 by the IEA. [1] It has two refineries and oil pipelines built during the Soviet era including the Mozyr Oil Refinery.

Renewable energy

Renewable energy generation accounted for 6% of Belarus’s energy in 2018, mostly from biofuels and waste. Renewables share in electricity generation was 2% in 2018 (0.8 TWh). [1]

Storage

Because non-nuclear thermal power plants are ramped up and down depending on heat requirements, and nuclear is not very flexible, increased battery storage has been suggested. [8]

Subsidies

Fossil fuelled heat is heavily subsidized. [9] :62

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