Ukraine needs to explore the possibility of building five or six new environmentally friendly coal units, Donbasenergo Commercial Director Oleh Larionov has said.
According to him, given the need for the country to fulfill the National Emission Reduction Plan for large combustion plants, thermal generating companies will not be able to maintain in operation about 12 GW of the required capacities at TPPs to cover peak and semi-peak loads in order to balance the operation of the power system.
“In the next ten years, Ukraine will experience the need to operate about 12 GW of coal-fired mobile generation, over the next ten years it will need at least 5-7 GW. Before we can completely abandon coal generation, and this is the prospect of 25-30 years, our country will need at least 3-3.5 GW of maneuverable capacities. The new built units will ensure a smooth transition of Ukraine to the era of decarbonization,” he said during an online discussion hosted by the Energy Club.
According to Larionov, the construction of new units should be carried out at the expense of foreign investments, taking into account the interests of local business. This will contribute to the creation of new jobs and the development of regional infrastructure.
In addition, he considers it necessary to explore the possibility of eco-modernization of the thermal generation units operating today only if there is confidence that the modernized unit will be able to operate for at least another 15 years.
The Donbasenergo Commercial Director also said that the documents on the consideration of the implementation of the Emission Reduction Plan have already been submitted to the NSDC for the purpose of making a final decision in the event of a conflict of interests between the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Natural Resources.
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We are glad to inform you of the news – from June 3, Windrose airlines will start flights to Chernivtsi.
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The Korea Post resumes deliveries to Ukraine, the parcels will be delivered by Air Astana flights through the mediation of GlobalAirCargo, the press service of Ukrposhta said on Wednesday.
Ukrposhta, in particular, informs that EMS delivery will be resumed first, and then all other categories.
The Ukrainian postal operator also said that most of all in the structure of Korean exports to Ukraine is the share of EMS shipments from Korean online stores.
According to the company, before the pandemic, Korea was included in the list of the top 10 delivering countries in all categories of shipments, and in the category of EMS shipments it was in the top three delivering countries of Ukrposhta. In 2020, with the spread of the coronavirus, the Korea Post imposed restrictions on its work: due to the rapid growth in air transportation costs, it closed the reception of parcels that could be delivered to most European countries, including Ukraine.
Egg production falls by 13.7%, meat by 6.2% in Jan-March – statistics
Sales of meat for slaughter (in live weight) in Ukraine in January-March 2021 decreased 6.2% compared to January-March 2020, to 799,600 tonnes, milk production fell by 4.9%, to 1.75 million tonnes, eggs – by 13.7%, to 3.24 billion pieces, the State Statistics Service has reported. According to the authority, as of April 1, the poultry stock in Ukraine declined compared to April 1, 2020 by 4.9%, to 190.7 million heads, cattle by 6.4% – to 3.13 million heads (including the number of cows that decreased 5.7%, to 1.67 million heads), sheep and goats fell by 5.2%, to 1.32 million heads, and the number of pigs increased 3.7%, to 5.99 million heads.
According to the State Statistics Service, the sale of poultry for slaughter by agricultural enterprises in the first quarter of this year did not change compared to the first quarter of 2020 and amounted to 158 million heads, the sale of pigs grew by 7.0%, to 1.21 million heads, cattle decreased 19.3%, to 76,500 heads, sheep decreased 29.1%, to 11,100 heads. During the same period, agricultural enterprises sold 21.3% fewer eggs – 1.86 billion pieces.
The State Statistics Service said that the production of eggs in January-March 2021 significantly decreased compared to January-March 2020 in Ivano-Frankivsk region, to 60.3 million pieces (a fall of 49.5%), Mykolaiv to 30.8 million pieces (a fall of 47.1%) and Kharkiv to 100.2 million pieces (a fall of 40.3%), but increased significantly in Cherkasy region to 193.6 million pieces (a rise of 29%)
According to the authority, milk production for the first quarter of 2021 decreased most of all in Rivne region – to 59,400 tonnes (a fall of 14.7%), Odessa region to 45,100 tonnes (a fall of 11.7%), Mykolaiv region to 43,300 tonnes (a fall of 11.4%), but increased in Ternopil region to 75,200 tonnes (a rise of 6.8%) and Khmelnytsky region to 131,100 tonnes (a rise of 3.9%).
Director of the State Employment Center Yulia Zhovtiak reported that six unemployed apply for one vacant job in Ukraine.
“As of April 7, 2021, the number of unemployed registered in the State Employment Service was 429,000 people […] As of April 1, the number of current vacancies in our database was 77,000. Thus, the imbalance between the demand and supply of labor remains significant. On average, six unemployed people apply for one vacant job in Ukraine (as of April 1, 2020 – five people),” Zhovtiak said in an interview with Fakty.
She reported that, according to the statistics of the employment service, the biggest discrepancy between the demand for labor and its supply in terms of professional qualifications was observed among employees and managers – 17 people applied for one vacancy, among technical employees there were nine applicants, as well as among trade and service workers.
She said that the areas of hotel and restaurant business, food and entertainment are most affected by the quarantine. In this connection, waiters, bartenders, cooks, baristas and maids face difficulties in finding a job.
