DTEK Energy’s thermal power plants (TPP) increased electricity supply by 12.1% in January-May 2018 compared to the same period in 2017, to 13.5 billion kWh, the company’s press service has reported.
According to its information, in particular power supply from thermal power plants working on gas coal grew by 21.7%, to 11.5 billion kWh, while those on anthracite reduced by almost 30%, to 2 billion kWh.
The press service noted that the company increases production of electricity from Ukrainian coal through a project to transfer two blocks of Prydniprovska TPP to gas coal (completed in late 2017), as well as increased loading of its other TPPs on gas coal.
“DTEK TPPs operate in the mode required for the power system and show very good dynamics of electricity production from gas coal. It’s nice to see that the project we implemented at Prydniprovska TPP not only helps reduce the volume of coal imports to the country, but also creates prerequisites for building up own production in Ukraine,” Director for Power Generation at DTEK Energy Serhiy Kurylenko said.
DTEK Energy plans by the end of 2018 to complete the transfer of two more units of Prydniprovska TPP from anthracite to gas coal, which will allow the station to provide the required amount of electricity production without using anthracite.
China’s Jiangsu Seraphim Solar System has won a tender to supply solar cell arrays with a total capacity of 246 MW for construction of a solar power plant by DTEK in Dnipropetrovsk region, the press service of the Chinese company has reported.
The Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) contractor under the project is China Machinery Engineering Corporation.
Earlier, DTEK CEO Maksym Tymchenko estimated the cost of the project at EUR 230 million. According to him, the construction of the plant is planned to be completed before the end of this year and from March 2019 the company seeks to start transmission of power in Ukraine’s power grid.
To ensure the connection of the solar power plant in Nikopol (Solar-1 LLC), national energy company Ukrenergo plans to reconstruct the open-type 150 kV switchgear of 330 kV Nikopol substation, with an expected tender price of up to UAH 20.833 million.
As reported, in 2017, DTEK launched its first Tryfonivka solar power plant with a capacity of 10 MW in Kherson region.
Private joint-stock company Philip Morris Ukraine, a large tobacco company in Ukraine, plans to finish construction of a solid fuel boiler in September 2018 and switch its factory from gas to solid fuel.
Deputy Director General Ihor Kroshko said that investment in the project is around UAH 63 million.
“Any kind of granular biofuel can be used as a fuel, which will allow reducing greenhouse gas emissions several times. The boiler’s productivity is 6 tonnes of steam per hour and the capacity is 3.8 megawatts. The new boiler-house will completely cover the needs of the factory,” the company said.
Savings on the switch from gas to renewable energy, according to Philip Morris Ukraine, will be about UAH 15 million per year.
Kroshko said that construction of additional warehouses for storage of non-tobacco materials is also planned.
In 2017, investments in the factory exceeded $11 million (expansion of production facilities, modernization of storage facilities, launch of innovative products and new formats for export and domestic markets). At the same time, the total amount of investment in production facilities during the operation of affiliated companies Philip Morris International (PMI) in Ukraine amounted to $348 million.
Estonia’s startup Taxify, which designed a ride-sharing platform and first entered Ukraine in September 2016, has decided to re-launch the service in Kyiv and hope to develop in other large cities of Ukraine in 2018.
“The first launch of the service in Kyiv took place in 2016 according to the franchise agreement with Estonian entrepreneurs, and now the company will restart the project with its own local team,” the company said last week.
According to him, the possibilities of expanding the market and working in other large cities of Ukraine are also being studied.
According to Marcus Willig, CEO and co-founder of Taxify, the company has huge potential for growth in Ukraine. He said that over the past year the number of trips organized with the help of Taxify platform has grown 10-fold, and today more than 10 million people and 50,000 drivers use the company’s service in more than 25 countries.
To attract attention to the restart of the service, the company offers a 50% discount for passengers.
Speaking of competition, Taxify also claims to offer better relationships to drivers.
As reported, at the end of May 2018 Taxify reported that the company raised $175 million of financing and the company was valuated at $1 billion. Germany’s Mercedes-Benz-owner Daimler has taken a stake in Taxify in a funding round. Last year China’s Didi Chuxing, a rival of Uber, became an investor in the company.
According to FT, Didi also participated in the round, along with European venture capital fund Korelya Capital and TransferWise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus.
Daimler may roll the service into its moovel app, a step that would increase Taxify’s customer base by a quarter to 12.5 million.
Taxify was founded in 2013.
Public joint-stock company Ukrgazvydobuvannia and Germany’s BASF chemical concern have signed a three-year contract for supply of fuel additives for Shebel fuel, the press service of Ukrgazvydobuvannia has reported. Under the contract, two specially designed packages will be supplied: Keropur 3802 Shebel and Keropur DP Shebel. Keropur 3802 Shebel package is required to receive fuel with best purification behavior, and Keropur DP Shebel also has good purification behavior, it reduces foaming behavior and increases cetane number.
“The fuel additive packages allow saving on fuel consumption, have good corrosion resistant behavior and reduce engine deterioration,” the press service of Ukrgazvydobuvannia said.
Ukrgazvydobuvannia, which is wholly owned by NSJC Naftogaz Ukrainy, is a large gas processing company, which accounts for about 75% of total gas output in the country.
It operates Shebelynka gas refinery, Yablunivske department to process gas, Bazylivschyna condensate stabilization unit, and 19 filling stations in Kharkiv region. The latter sells fuel and liquefied gas of its own production. Shebelynka gas refinery started production of petrol and diesel fuel of Euro 5 emission standard in 2018.
