Ukraine in 2016 imported 1.61 billion cubic meters of natural gas for a total of $394 million. Thus, according to the State Statistics Service, the average price of gas imported in January was $244.6 per 1,000 cubic meters against $228.8 in December 2016. Last year Ukraine from counterparties in Switzerland received 744.999 million cubic meters…
The attraction of a European company to the management of the Ukrainian gas transport system (GTS) would allow the country to retain the status of a large natural gas transit country, Naftogaz Ukrainy Board Chairman Andriy Kobolev has said. “We again, as a team of Naftogaz, call on all parties involved in the discussion of…
Belarusians pay as much as 72% of the prime cost of electricity, Mikhail Malashenko, Deputy Chairman of the State Standardization Committee, Director of the Committee’s Energy Effectiveness Department, declared. “At present the population pays 72% of the prime cost of electricity and 17% of the prime cost of heating energy,” noted Mikhail Malashenko. In his…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a project on construction of the second stage of Dnistrovska hydroelectric pumped storage power plant, consisting of unit 4. As reported, the hydroelectric generation development program until 2026 approved by government resolution No. 552-r dated July 13, 2016 envisages the start of construction of unit 4 in 2017 and…
It is possible to reduce the cost of gas for the end-consumer by introducing a competition on the gas market and an energy efficiency reform, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services Hennadiy Zubko said during an Hour of questions to the government. “How can we reduce the…
Residents of villages in the upper Vanj valley of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) have begun receiving electricity. Abdullo Amonbekov, a spokesman for Pamir Energy Company, says the small hydroelectric power plant “Tekharv” with capacity of 400 kW, located in the Vanj district, has begun generating electricity after major repairs. “This has allowed us…
Total debts of the Ukrainian consumers for consumed electricity as of February 1, amounted to UAH 26.4 billion, of which UAH 1.2 billion was accumulated in 2017, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reports. In particular, this year debts of industry for consumed electricity grew by UAH 409.2 million, debts of population – by UAH…