Coal reserves during the ongoing heating season for the first time exceeded last year’s figures, Andriy Herus, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy and Utilities, reported.
“On January 14, coal stocks in the warehouses of TPPs and CHPPs for the first time during this autumn-winter period exceeded coal stocks reported on the same date last year. As of January 14, 2022, there was 734,100 tons in the warehouses against 711,100 tons last year,” the report says.
Herus noted that, since winter-start, coal reserves in the warehouses of thermal power plants and combined heat and power plants had increased by 51%.
He stressed that “one of the main factors in this trend was coal imports, including maritime: as of January 14, the DTEK operator received seven vessels and Centrenergo – four vessels carrying thermal coal; as well as power imports and higher generation by Energoatom nuclear operator, which allowed to save coal.” (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)