The EBRD-managed program supporting energy efficiency in Ukrainian homes has reached a milestone of investing over UAH 1 billion (equivalent of over EUR 30 million). More than 30,000 Ukrainian households took out loans from local commercial banks, which participated in the program to invest in green technologies for their homes; of those, over 20,000 projects…
Ukraine in January-July imported 5.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas worth $1.5 billion from European countries. Ukraine received 2.1 billion cubic meters of gas worth $590.7 million from traders registered in Switzerland, 1.8 billion cubic meters worth $513.6 million from Germany, 438 million cubic meters worth $130 million from Poland, 345.4 million cubic meters…
The price of natural gas for industry and households in Ukraine is likely to grow after negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk has said. “What will be the outcome of negotiations? The premier has already announced that we cannot conduct unconstructive talks with the IMF. There…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko congratulated workers of the oil, gas and oil refining industry on their professional holiday on September 9. The letter of congratulations was posted on the website of the head of state. “I sincerely congratulate you on your professional holiday. Increasing our own extraction of hydrocarbons and production of high-quality fuel, efficient…
In a ceremony attended by Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko and Norwegian foreign minister Ine Soereide Eriksen, the Norwegian wind power developer NBT AS and its partners announced an agreement to build a 250 MW wind farm in the southern Kherson region of Ukraine. In close cooperation with leading international industrial companies and financial investors, NBT…
The completion rate of the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant stands at 80%, and that of the second unit – 60%, Mikhail Filimonov, Director General of the state enterprise Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, declared. “The readiness of the Belarusian nuclear power plant is reflected by an integrated indicator resulting from a complicated…
NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine has not been buying natural gas under a contract with Russia’s PJSC Gazprom for 1,000 days, since November 26, 2015, importing gas from the West. As reported, inconsistent prices were behind Ukraine’s refusal to buy gas on its eastern border at the end of 2015. Late in December 2017 the Arbitration…