2020-04-22 11:30:00
RUSHYDRO'S ELECTRICITY GENERATION: +19.2%
RUSHYDRO - April 21, 2020. Moscow, Russia. PJSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MICEX-RTS, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces operating results for the 1st quarter of 2020, of the parent company and subsidiaries of RusHydro Group reflected in consolidated financial statements.
Key highlights:
- 39,008 GWh - total electricity generation by RusHydro Group including Boguchanskaya hydropower plant in 1Q 2020 (+19.2%) [1];
- 24,823 GWh - electricity output from hydro and pumped storage plants in 1Q 2020 excl. Boguchanskaya HPP(+29.6%);
- 9,431 GWh – electricity output from thermal power plants (-3.0%).
- 117 GWh – electricity output from alternative renewable energy facilities (+9.4%).
- 14,629 GWh – total electricity output from power plants in the Far Eastern Federal District (+5.1%).
- 12,446 thousand Gcal/h – heat output from thermal power plants in the Far Eastern Federal District (+0.6%).
- 5,371 GWh – sales by Group’s electricity retail companies in 1Q 2020 (-4.0% y-o-y).
Electricity generation by the plants of RusHydro Group, GWh
|
1Q'20 |
1Q'19 |
chg, % |
|
|
Center of Russia |
12,373 |
8,183 |
51.2% |
|
South of Russia and North Caucasus |
1,293 |
1,169 |
10.6% |
|
Siberia |
6,047 |
5,642 |
7.2% |
|
Total for the price zones |
19,713 |
14,994 |
31.5% |
|
Far East |
4,368 |
3,178 |
37.5% |
|
RAO ES East |
10,260 |
10,757 |
-4.6% |
|
Armenia[2] |
30 |
48 |
-36.0% |
|
TOTAL |
34,371 |
28,976 |
18.6% |
|
incl. by HPPs, PSPPs[3] |
24,823 |
19,147 |
29.6% |
|
incl. by TPPs and other |
9,431 |
9,722 |
-3.0% |
|
Incl. by alt. renewables (geothermal, solar, wind) |
117 |
107 |
9.4% |
|
Boguchanskaya HPP1 |
4,636 |
3,741 |
23.9% |
The underlying factors of the production change in January-March 2020 were:
- water inflows to the reservoirs of the Volga-Kama cascade well above (1.5-6.4x) the normal level;
- total water inflow to the reservoirs in Siberia and the Far East 30-85% above the long-run average;
- water inflows to the reservoir of Chirkeyskaya HPP at the normal level;
- increase of electricity consumption in the Far East by 5.4%
- increase of heat output in the Far East driven by weather conditions.
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