Electricity production in the united energy system of Ukraine in January-February 2019 increased by 0.8% (231.2 million kWh) compared to the same period of 2018, to 29.514 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Nuclear power plants (NPP) for the two months of this year increased production of electricity by 10% compared to the same period last year, to 15.949 billion kWh. In particular, electricity production at Zaporizhia NPP amounted to 6.778 billion kWh (2.7% less compared to January-February 2019), Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP some 4.285 billion kWh (23.5% more), Rivne NPP some 3.451 billion kWh (53.2% more), and Khmelnytsky NPP to 1.435 billion kWh (20.4% less).
Thermal power plants (TPP), as well as combined heat and power plants (CHPP) and cogeneration plants reduced production by 2.7%, to 11.401 billion kWh. In particular, the power generating companies of TPPs reduced generation by 5.5%, to 8.312 billion kWh, while those of CHPPs and cogeneration plants increased production by 5.7%, to 3.090 billion kWh.
In January-February 2019, hydroelectric plants and hydroelectric pumped storage power plants reduced power generation by 40.5%, to 1.481 billion kWh, and block stations by 7.7%, to 241.6 million kWh.
Electricity production by unconventional sources (wind and solar plants, biomass) in January-February 2019 rose by 38.1%, to 441.5 million kWh.
