The construction of a solar power plant in Kherson region is set to begin in March. Head of Kherson Regional State Administration Andriy Hordeyev discussed this during a meeting with representatives of Atlas Capital Energy LLC, the press service of Kherson Regional State Administration reported. “During the conversation, the parties discussed the start of construction…
The volume of gas transit from the Russian Federation through the Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTS) in January amounted to 7.6 billion cubic meters, up by 25% YoY, the press service of JSC Ukrtransgaz reported on the results of the Ukrainian GTS in January. Ukraine did not pump gas into underground storage facilities in January…
Last year, Ukraine produced 159.35 billion kWh of electricity, up by 2.5% YoY. As the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry of Ukraine reports, the electricity production in 2018 amounted to 159.35 billion kWh, up by 2.5% YoY. The share of nuclear power plants in overall Ukrainian electricity production was 53%, of thermal power stations and…
Ukraine’s National Power Company Ukrenergo is implementing more than a hundred investment projects worth over EUR 1.5 billion, the company’s press service has reported on Facebook. According to the report, all of these projects are aimed at modernizing the Ukrainian power system, preparing it for integration with the European power grid, and transforming Ukrenergo into…
Natural gas stocks in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities (USFs) have shrunk by 35.7%, or by 6.14 billion cubic meters, to 11.053 billion cubic meters since November 7, 2018 when Ukraine started pumping out gas from its reserves amid the heating season. As of February 2, gas reserves in the country’s USFs were 10.6% down from…
Head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) Yuriy Terentyev says the committee does not consider Ukraine’s largest private energy holding DTEK – controlled by businessman Rinat Akhmetov – to be a monopolist on the electricity market. “The mere fact of having a significant market share is not enough. The electricity market is now regulated,…
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Forish district of Jizzakh region and the site where the first nuclear power plant of Central Asia would be built in 8-9 years. The head of state spoke with the leaders of the UzAtom Agency and the Rosatom Corporation. He noted that the project was a new strategic area…