KYIV. Oct 23 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine in January-September 2017 increased electricity exports by 47.6% compared to the same period in 2016, to 4.182 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Deliveries of electricity from the energy island of Burshtyn thermal power plant in the direction of Hungary, Slovakia and Romania increased by 19.6%, to 2.489 billion kWh.
Electricity supplies to Poland fell by 3.5%, to 723.2 million kWh.
Electricity supplies to Moldova totaled 970 million kWh compared to 3.7 million kWh in the nine months through September 2016.
Ukrainian electricity was not exported to Belarus and Russia in January-September in 2016 and 2017.
In September along, exports of Ukrainian electricity amounted to 396.9 million kWh, which is 76.7% more than in September 2016. This is due to the resumption of commercial exports to Moldova from April 2017.
In addition, Ukraine in January-September 2017 imported 38.5 million kWh of electricity against 57.7 million kWh for January-September of 2016.
