Electricity production in the Integrated Power System of Ukraine in January 2021 increased 1.1% compared to January 2020, to 14.259 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Nuclear power plants (NPP) last year reduced electricity generation by 8.4% compared to the same period last year, to 7.151 billion kWh. In particular, production of electricity at Zaporizhia NPP amounted to 2.716 billion kWh (9.8% less compared to 2019), Yuzhnoukrainsk some 1.9 billion kWh (13.9% less), Rivne NPP some 1.815 billion kWh (1.1% less), and Khmelnytsky NPP some 720 million kWh (4.5% less).
Thermal power plants (TPP), as well as combined heat and power plants and cogeneration plants increased their output by 12.6%, to 5.611 billion kWh. In particular, TPPs increased production by 20.9%, to 4.067 billion kWh, while combined heat and power plants and cogeneration plants cut it by 4.6%, to 1.544 billion kWh.
Hydro power plants and pumped storage power plants increased production by 12.6%, to 729 million kWh, and block stations cut by 6.3%, to 142 million kWh.
Electricity production by non-traditional sources (wind farms, solar power plants, biomass) grew by 21.5%, to 626 million kWh.
The share of nuclear power plants in the structure of electricity production accounted for 50.2%, thermal power plants, combined heat and power plants and cogeneration plants 39.4%, hydro power plants and pumped storage power plants 5.1%, block stations 1%, alternative sources 4.4%.
In addition, the supply of thermal energy in January 2021 decreased 9.6% compared to the same period last year, to 3.272 million gigacalories.
