Russia’s Power Exports to China Decrease
(MENAFN) Moscow’s electricity shipments to China experienced a significant decrease in the first six months of 2025, as revealed by Inter RAO, the state-owned energy exporter.
The steep fall was linked to limitations on outbound electricity transfers, imposed due to heightened consumption needs in Russia’s Far Eastern regions.
Russia plays a vital role as a major energy provider to China, the globe’s largest electricity user.
In 2024, China was responsible for roughly one-third of the world's overall electricity use, based on data from the global energy research group Ember Energy.
During the first half of 2025, the volume of electricity sold to China plunged by 44 percent, according to Inter RAO’s chief executive Sergey Drevgal in a statement to a business daily.
He further mentioned that overall Russian electricity exports in 2024 declined by 17.6 percent, totaling 8.53 billion kilowatt-hours.
While addressing reporters at a press event during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), the company’s director emphasized that the sharp reduction in exports to China was the result of regulatory curbs.
These measures were introduced in response to surging energy usage within Russia’s Far East and a limited supply of water in eastern hydropower reservoirs, which disrupted hydroelectric production.
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