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Ministry of Energy of Lithuania: Belarus Lost $ 2 Billion at Astravets NPP

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Ministry of Energy of Lithuania: Belarus Lost $ 2 Billion at Astravets NPP
Photo: TASS

And this is not the end.

Lithuania succeeded in fulfilling its task and did not allow electricity produced at the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP) in Astravets to enter the country, Lithuanian Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys said. According to him, Lithuania's efforts have already cost Belarus $ 2 billion - and this is not the end, Delfi reports.

Kreivys voiced this figure in the context of discussing the possibility of launching the second power unit of the BelNPP. According to him, investments in this project are still frozen, and Belarus will not be able to launch the power unit in the near future.

"We think that the day when they will be able to do this is far away," said the Lithuanian minister. "Generally speaking, in the current situation, even after they have built and tested the second unit, the two units simply cannot operate simultaneously, because the Belarusian energy system is not yet suitable for this. Again, let's see what happens next. We clearly see that the efforts that we have made up to this time have already cost Belarus an additional 2 billion dollars - and this is not the end."

In addition, Kreyvis spoke about the course of negotiations on limiting the supply of electricity from Belarus with neighbors from Latvia and Estonia. According to him, the discussion was very difficult - it took at least ten meetings only to determine the methodology for separating energy from the BelNPP from the total flow.

“Latvia offered a compromise solution, which was to let in half of the energy produced at the power plant in Astravets. Since we did not agree with these figures, the government decided that we would approve our methodology,” the minister said. According to him, following the negotiations, Lithuania decided to determine the physical bandwidth of the network.

The size of the flow of electricity, according to Kreivys, is currently determined by six parameters and is calculated daily.

"This practically guarantees that electricity from Astravets is still not supplied to Lithuania," said Kreivys. "Yes, there was a lot of discontent from both Latvia and from Estonia. I had to work a lot with colleagues. We continue to offer Latvia and Estonia negotiations on a trilateral methodology in order to find a compromise solution."

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