According to the Unified Energy System of Russia, which manages seven power systems in Russia (all Russia excepted northern islands and isolated systems in north-eastern Siberia), power generation increased by 2.1%, thanks to a 11% increase in hydropower generation. Thermal and nuclear power generation was stable in 2016.
Installed capacity increased by 1,037 MW and remains dominated by thermal power plants (nearly 68% of the capacity in 2017), with hydropower capacities accounting for 20% and nuclear for 12%. Power consumption rose by 1.8% on average. In 2016, Russia imported 3,747 TWh in 2016 (2,274 TWh from Kazakhstan and 1,473 TWh from Estonia) and exported 25,484 TWh (including 5,881 TWh to Finland, 4,110 TWh to Ukraine, 3,030 TWh to Belarus, and 3,320 TWh to China).
In addition, Russian power producer RusHydro has announced a 9.2% increase in its power generation in 2016, to 124.8 TWh, triggered by a 15.7% growth in hydropower generation (to 95 TWh). The company benefited from exceptional water inflow to reservoirs in the Far East of Russia (+30-60% higher than long run average). The hydropower generation from the Boguchanskaya plant rose by 6.8% to nearly 14 TWh, resulting in a 7.3% decrease in thermal power generation (30 TWh).