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BANKS ISSUE CREDITS WORTH UAH 357 MLN UNDER STATE ENERGY SAVING PROGRAM – OFFICIAL

27 August , 2015  

KYIV. Aug 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Banks-participants of the state program to partially compensate the cost of credits taken for the modernization of heating efficiency and energy efficiency measures in the housing sector of Ukraine, since the start of its realization in 2014, and as of August 25, 2015, have provided 21,052 credits worth UAH 357 million, the State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine reported on Wednesday.

The agency said that in the period from August 3 to August 25, banks-participants provided credits worth UAH 106.9 million.

As reported, with reference to agency head Serhiy Savchuk, as of August 17, 2015, banks-participants had provided 18,823 credits worth UAH 321.3 million.

By the middle of August 2015, state-run Oschadbank, Ukreximbank and Ukrgasbank were participating in the program.