KYIV. July 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine in January-May 2016 increased electricity exports by 29.4% compared to the same period in 2015, to 1.863 billion kWh, a source in the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Electricity supplies from the Burshtyn thermal power plant energy island in the direction of Hungary, Slovakia and Romania for the four months decreased by 9.8% compared to January-May 2015, to 1.294 billion kWh.
Electricity supplies to Poland amounted to 564.945 million kWh, while in January-May 2015 they were not carried out.
In January-May 2016 Moldova was supplied 3.702 million kWh of power, Belarus was not supplied electricity. In January-May 2015 exports to Moldova and Belarus was 3.508 million kWh and 364,000 kWh respectively.
Ukrainian electricity was not exported to Russia in January-May 2015 and January-May 2016.
At the same time, in May 2016 exports of Ukrainian electricity amounted to 282.729 million kWh, which is 3.2% down year-on-year.
In addition, Ukraine in January-May 2016 imported 20.123 million kWh of electricity against 1.390 billion kWh for the five months of 2015.
