Public joint-stock company Kyivenergo plans to invest around UAH 550 million in reconstruction and development of heat networks and power lines in 2017, Executive Director Alina Bondarenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on April 11. “The approximate sum of investment into the heat networks in 2017 will be UAH 243 million and in the…
Residents of Ternopil region in western Ukraine are actively choosing solar energy as an alternative to natural gas. Over the past year, 120 private solar power plants started to operate in the region, First Deputy Chairman of the Ternopil Regional State Administration Ivan Krysak said. “Ternopil region occupies the second position in Ukraine in terms…
The National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities has developed a draft law on returning of all gas distributing networks to state ownership, Chairman of the National Commission Dmytro Vovk stated at a commission’s meeting on April 10. “The issue of ownership of gas distributing networks lies beyond the scope of the…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) climate resilience project proposal for the modernization of a hydropower plant in Tajikistan was approved for co-financing by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on April 6. According to the EBRD News Center, the EBRD and other co-lenders are providing $158 million for the climate-resilient upgrade of Qairoqqum…
Ukraine in January-March exported electricity for $68.12 million, including $19.355 million in March alone. According to the State Fiscal Service, electricity delivered to Hungary amounted to $55.218 million in January-March, to Poland to $11.101 million, Romania to $1.286 and other countries – $516,000. Thus, in money terms exports of Ukrainian electricity in January-March grew by…
The natural gas price for the population of Kyrgyzstan in April is 14.37 soms per cubic meter, for industrial enterprises, commercial structures and budget organizations, including VAT and sales tax – 17.62 soms for a cubic meter. As the press service of Gazprom Kyrgyzstan LLC reported, gas price fell by 10 tyiyn compared to March.…
In 2016 the prime cost of electricity in Kyrgyzstan amounted to 1.62 soms for kilowatt-hour, Taalaybek Nurbashev, director of the State Agency for Regulation of Fuel and Energy Complex, said at a meeting of the parliamentary Committee for Fuel, Energy Complex and Subsoil Use. According to him, for the past three years, the highest prime…