Renewable energy output not injected into the electricity network last year, to keep the market balanced, reached 228 GWh, which is 1.1 percent of overall renewable-energy output is 2023, while the level of grid-injection cuts is expected to rise further in 2024 and 2025.
At present, transmission system operator IPTO is making these grid-injection cuts horizontally and proportionally, limiting the production capacities of RES facilities in operation. Also, cuts are being made at projects enabling remote intervention.
The 228 GWh of renewable energy output not injected into the grid in 2023 resulted from a need to maintain a balance between excess production and demand, as well as to keep imports and exports at an equilibrium – not to prevent grid congestion.
Further grid-injection cuts are anticipated over the next couple of years as RES penetration will increase significantly but electricity demand is seen to remain relatively unchanged.
These grid-injection cuts are expected to drop considerably as of 2026 when a first wave of energy storage units is planned to be launched.
