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ENERGOATOM DECREASES POWER GENERATION BY 1.6%

Electricity generation by all power plants of state-owned enterprise Energoatom in 2019 decreased by 1.6% (by 1.398 million kWh) compared to 2018, to 83.228 billion kWh.
According to the press service of the company, the plan for production of electricity in 2019 was exceeded by 1.8%. The share of Energoatom in the overall structure of electricity production in the country amounted to 54.1%, which is 1 percentage points more than in 2018.
The power plants of the state enterprise supplied 78.199 billion kWh of electricity to the market, which is 1.77% less than in 2018.
The volume of capital investments in 2019 amounted to UAH 14.083 billion. The financing of capital investments amounted to UAH 14.258 billion.
Energoatom transferred UAH 16.706 billion to the budgets of all levels, and insurance payments amounted to UAH 2.592 billion.
The installed capacity utilization factor of the company’s nuclear power plants amounted to 68.5%, which is 1.1 p.p. more than in 2018.
In 2019, 13 violations were recorded in the operation of Ukrainian nuclear power plants (nine less than in 2018).
Energoatom is the operator of all four operating nuclear power plants in Ukraine. It operates 15 power units equipped with water-cooled power reactors with a total installed electric capacity of 13.835 GW.

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STATE-RUN ENERGOATOM DECREASES POWER GENERATION BY 0.5%

Electricity generation by all power plants of state-owned enterprise Energoatom in January-August 2019 decreased by 0.5% (by 323.1 million kWh) compared to the same period last year, to 60.729 billion kWh.
According to the press service of the company, the plan for production of electricity for the specified period in 2019 was exceeded by 0.9%.
The power plants of the state enterprise supplied 57.02 billion kWh of electricity to the market compared with 57.376 billion kWh in January-September 2018.
The share of Energoatom in the overall structure of electricity production in the country amounted to 53.2%, which is 0.5 percentage points more than January-September 2018.
The volume of capital investments for the nine months amounted to UAH 8.172 billion compared with UAH 8.1 billion for the same period a year earlier. The financing of capital investments amounted to UAH 10.739 billion compared with UAH 8.599 billion respectively.
Energoatom transferred UAH 9.55 billion to the budgets of all levels, insurance payments amounted to UAH 1.928 billion.
The installed capacity utilization factor of the company’s nuclear power plants amounted to 66.8%, which is 0.4 p.p. more than in January-September 2018.
In January-August, 10 violations were recorded in the operation of Ukrainian nuclear power plants (16 in the first nine months of 2018).
Energoatom is the operator of all four operating nuclear power plants in Ukraine. It operates 15 power units equipped with water-cooled power reactors with a total installed electric capacity of 13.835 GW.

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ENERGOATOM RAISES POWER GENERATION

Electricity production by all power plants of state-owned enterprise Energoatom in January-August 2019 increased by 0.8% (by 428.7 million kWh) compared to the same period last year, to 54.698 billion kWh.
According to the press service of the company, the plan for production of electricity for the specified period in 2019 was exceeded by 0.6%.
The power plants of the state enterprise supplied 51.385 billion kWh of electricity to the market against 51.025 billion kWh in January-August 2018.
The share of Energoatom in the overall structure of electricity production in the country amounted to 53.1%, which is 1.1 percentage points more than January-August 2018.
The volume of capital investments for the eight months amounted to UAH 6.928 billion against UAH 6.926 billion for the same period a year earlier. The financing of capital investments amounted to UAH 9.655 billion against UAH 7.878 billion respectively.
Energoatom transferred UAH 8.997 billion to the budgets of all levels, insurance payments amounted to UAH 1.709 billion.
The installed capacity utilization factor of the company’s nuclear power plants amounted to 67.6%, which is 0.5 p.p. more than in January-August 2018.
In January-August, nine violations were recorded in the operation of Ukrainian nuclear power plants (13 in the first eight months of 2018).

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ENERGOATOM INCREASES POWER GENERATION IN JAN-APRIL

National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom increased power generation by 9.9% year-on-year in January-April 2019, to 30.365 billion kWh, the company has said.
The electricity generation target was met by 100.3%.
Electricity sales totaled 22.294 billion kWh compared to 28.643 billion kWh in January-April 2018. Energoatom’s share of total electricity sold to Energomarket state enterprise was 56%, and the share of total electricity generation in the country was 54%.
The company sold electricity worth UAH 19.771 billion (including VAT) on the wholesale power market, which is 15.6% more than in January-April 2018.
Capital investment totaled UAH 2.112 billion compared with UAH 2.739 billion in January-April 2018.
The company sent UAH 5.637 billion to the budgets of all levels and insurance payments came to UAH 880 million.
Capacity use was 76%, which was 6.9 p.p. more than a year previously.
Five malfunctions were recorded at Ukrainian nuclear power plants in the reporting period, two less than a year ago. Radiation levels at Ukrainian NPPs were normal over the period.
Energoatom is the operator of all four Ukrainian-based operating nuclear power plants, which have 15 VVER reactors with an overall generating capacity of 13.835 gigawatts.
The company also operates the Tashlyk hydroelectric pumped storage power plant with a 302 MW capacity in a turbine mode and Oleksandrivka hydropower plant with an 11.5 MW capacity.

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ENERGOATOM INCREASES POWER GENERATION BY 10%

National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom increased power generation by 10% year-on-year in January and February 2019, to 15.989 billion kWh, the company has said.
The electricity generation target was met by 100.5%.
Electricity sales totaled 15.098 billion kWh compared to 13.722 billion kWh in January and February 2018. Energoatom’s share of total electricity sold to Energomarket state enterprise was 55.8%, and the share of total electricity generation in the country was 54.2%.
The company sold electricity worth UAH 10.4 billion (including VAT) on the wholesale power market, which is 15.7% more than in January and February 2018.
Capital investment totaled UAH 808.2 million compared with UAH 1.479 billion in January and February 2018.
The company sent UAH 2.275 billion to the budgets of all levels and insurance payments came to UAH 363.2 million.
Capacity use was 81.4%, which was 7.4 p.p. more than a year previously.
Three malfunctions were recorded at Ukrainian nuclear power plants in the reporting period, one less than a year ago. Radiation levels at Ukrainian NPPs were normal over the period.
Energoatom is the operator of all four Ukrainian-based operating nuclear power plants, which have 15 VVER reactors with an overall generating capacity of 13.835 gigawatts.
The company also operates the Tashlyk hydroelectric pumped storage power plant with a 302 MW capacity in a turbine mode and Oleksandrivka hydropower plant with an 11.5 MW capacity.

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ENERGOATOM INCREASES POWER GENERATION IN JAN

National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom increased power generation by 11.7% year-on-year in January 2019, to 8.111 billion kWh, the company has said.
The electricity generation target was met by 100%.
Electricity sales totaled 7.661 billion kWh compared to 6.842 billion kWh in January 2018. Energoatom’s share of total electricity sold to Energomarket state enterprise was 53%, and the share of total electricity generation in the country was 52%.
The company sold electricity worth UAH 5.279 billion (including VAT) on the wholesale power market, which is 17.7% more than in January 2018.
Capital investment totaled UAH 363.8 million compared with UAH 514.7 million in January 2018.
The company sent UAH 557.2 million to the budgets of all levels and insurance payments came to UAH 141.7 million.
Capacity use was 78.6%, which was 8.3 p.p. more than a year previously.
Two malfunctions were recorded at Ukrainian nuclear power plants in the reporting period, two less than a year ago. Radiation levels at Ukrainian NPPs were normal over the period.
Energoatom is the operator of all four Ukrainian-based operating nuclear power plants, which have 15 VVER reactors with an overall generating capacity of 13.835 gigawatts.
The company also operates the Tashlyk hydroelectric pumped storage power plant with a 302 MW capacity in a turbine mode and Oleksandrivka hydropower plant with an 11.5 MW capacity.

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