Armenia and Iraq are planning to launch energy cooperation, Ambassador Hrachya Poladian said after a meeting with Iraqi Minister of Electricity, Dr. Loay Al-Khatib. “The Ambassador noted the possibility of cooperation in the field of electricity transmission from Armenia to Iraq, and the use of alternative energy sources,” the Armenian Embassay said in a tweet.…
The total capacity of renewable energy facilities in Ukraine exceeded 2 GW in 2018, according to Director General of the Energy Markets Directorate of the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry, Olha Buslavets. “The installed capacity of renewable energy sources grew by half over the past year and exceeded 2 GW. According to our estimates, this…
Ukraine will be able to stop using the imported gas in the next five years thanks to the opening of access to Ukrainian mineral resources. “We have many opportunities to become energy independent. We are starting to launch a very complex and closed system – access to Ukrainian subsoil assets. I believe that in the…
Azerbaijan has simplified the procedure for connecting enterprises to the power grid, Elsever Rustamli, head of the Azerishig OJSC department for prospective development and work with the ASAN service, reported. Now, the procedure of connecting to the power grid for entrepreneurs takes 20 days and is carried out in two stages. “The first stage involves…
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…