In September and October wind power plants in Latvia doubled their yield of electricity for the country’s total balance when compared to the previous four months, according to information compiled by AS Augstsprieguma tikls. The total balance of wind energy was 4.3%, or 16,381 MWh in September and 4.06% or 15,851 MWh in October. The…
Foreign investments in the amount of $12.3 billion were attracted to the economy of Kazakhstan in the first half of 2018, This is 15.4% more than a year earlier ($10.6 billion). Interestingly, 92.4% of all investment flows to Kazakhstan in the six months accounted for only 10 countries. The absolute leader in investing to the…
At least 9 new customs terminals will be built in 2019-2021 in Uzbekistan on the border with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The decree was signed by President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Four of them will be built in 2019-2020, and five more – in the next two years. “The state bodies and other…
In January-October water transport of Ukraine carried 0.6 million passengers, up by 14.6% YoY. According to State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, total passenger turnover in Ukraine fell by 4.2%, to 27.5 million passengers per kilometer. At the same time water transport carried 4.7 million tons of cargo (-0.4%). Cargo turnover fell by 20.8%, to 2,886.6…
Tryfanivka solar power plant has produced 12.5 million kWh of “green” electricity since the beginning of 2018. On November 23 the plant achieved its annual target thanks to a large number of sunny days. All this electricity is enough to power half of households based in Velykooleksandrivsky district, Kherson region, for a year. Moreover, 12.5…
About 1.5 billion kWh of electricity was exported by Tajikistan to Uzbekistan in April-September 2018. First deputy chairman of Barki Tochik, Mahmadumar Asozoda, more precisely stressed that for this period 1 billion 480 million kWh of Tajik electricity was exported at a price of $0.02 per kilowatt. Representative of Barki Tochik said that since September…
The decrease in construction permits issued in Estonia indicates that a significant slowdown is to be expected in the construction market, SEB analyst Mihkel Nestor said. Nestor noted that the current growth in construction volumes was no surprise, as the interest in purchasing and developing new housing was currently very high. “First, the situation on…