Ukraine in January and February 2019 increased exports of electricity by 4.1% (by 42.7 million kWh) compared to the same period of 2018, to 1.075 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Electricity supplies from the Burshtyn TPP “energy island” to Hungary, Slovakia and Romania increased 3.4% (by 22.1 million kWh), to 670 million kWh.
Electricity supplies to Poland decreased 11.6% (by 33.4 million kWh), to 255 million kWh.
Electricity supplies to Moldova amounted to 150 million kWh, which is 56.2% (54 million kWh) more than in January and February 2018.
Ukrainian electricity was not exported to Belarus and Russia in January and February 2019 and 2018.
In addition, Ukraine in January and February of the current year imported 3.5 million kWh of electricity (3.4 million kWh from the Russian Federation, 1.2 million kWh from Belarus) compared with 6.3 million kWh in January and February 2018.
Wind Solar Energy LLC (Kyiv) intends to build three stages of a Lisova wind power plant with a total capacity of up to 190 MW in Korosten district of Zhytomyr region. This is evidenced by the data of the unified register of environmental impact assessment, the project was published in mid-March.
The capacity of the first stage is up to 111 MW, the second one is up to 57 MW, the third one is up to 21 MW.
It is assumed that the height of the towers of wind turbines will be 155 meters.
According to data posted on the company’s website, Wind Solar Energy (WSE), through its subsidiary Solar Kvant, has owned and operated a solar plant of 5 MW in Pokrovsky district of Dnipropetrovsk region on a 10-hectare site since 2013.
According to the unified register of legal entities, Elvira Tesliuk is the ultimate beneficial owner of Wind Solar Energy (Kyiv). Before that, the Cypriot company WSE CYPRUS LTD was in the ownership structure.
Terminal F has been launched at Boryspil International Airport (Kyiv), according to the Interior Ministry.
“Already from the beginning of the operation of Terminal F, the border guards of the separate checkpoint Kyiv registered one flight for arrival and five for departure. In addition, the border guards ensured proper clearance of 200 citizens who arrived in the country, and 720 citizens who have already left,” the ministry said on Facebook.
In total, 44 servicemen of the State Border Service were attracted for border clearance in the renewed terminal.
As reported, the Ministry of Infrastructure wants to introduce preferences for air navigation services for Boryspil airport.
Presidential candidates Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko have received 30.40% and 16.03% of votes cast on March 31, respectively, according to Ukraine’s Central Election Commission (CEC) with 80.20% of voting protocols processed.
According to the CEC website, 13.24% of voters cast ballots for Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko, followed by Opposition Platform – For Life candidate Yuriy Boiko – 11.55%.
Civil Position Party leader Anatoliy Hrytsenko received 7.03%, followed by ex-SBU State Security Service head Ihor Smeshko – 5.95%, Radical Party leader Oleh Liashko – 5.29%, Opposition Bloc leader Oleksandr Vilkul – 4.3% and Svoboda Party leader Ruslan Koshulynsky – 1.65%.
Some 1.18% of ballots cast were ruled invalid.
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