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UKRAINE INCREASES ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN JAN

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.

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UKRAINE CUTS ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BY 2.6% IN 2020

Electricity consumption in Ukraine, taking into account in-process losses in power grids, decreased 2.6% in 2020 compared to 2019, to 146.394 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Excluding in-process losses electricity consumption in 2020 fell by 2.1%, to 117.656 billion kWh.
The country’s industry, excluding in-process losses, reduced electricity consumption by 3.8%, to 49.196 billion kWh. In particular, metallurgical industry consumed 27.105 billion kWh (5.5% less compared to 2019), fuel industry some 3.225 billion kWh (5% less), machine building industry some 3.126 billion kWh (14.7% less), chemical and petrochemical some 4.144 billion (10.6% more), food and processing some 4.34 billion kWh (3.3% less), construction some 2.332 billion kWh (3% more), others some 4.924 billion kWh (0.5% more).
In addition, agricultural enterprises consumed 3.814 billion kWh (2.8% more), transport some 5.719 billion kWh (13.4% less), developers some 949.8 million kWh (1.8% less).
In 2020 the country’s population consumed 36.436 billion kWh (3.4% more), households some 14.179 billion kWh (5.9% less) and other non-industrial consumers some 7.363 billion kWh (1.6% less).
The share of industry in total electricity consumption in 2020 fell from 42.6% to 41.8%, while the share of the population grew to 31% from 29.3%.
In December 2020, electricity consumption, taking into account in-process losses, decreased 7.3% compared to 2019, to 15.043 billion kWh, and excluding in-process losses it fell by 4.9%, to 11.435 billion kWh.

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UKRAINE LOWERS ELECTRICITY EXPORTS BY 26.5%, IMPORTS BY 15.3% IN 2020

Ukraine in 2020 reduced the export of electricity by 26.5% (by 1.715 billion kWh) compared to 2019, to 4.754 billion kWh, according to the data of NPC Ukrenergo.
According to the calculations of Interfax-Ukraine, the supply of electricity from the Burshtyn TPP energy island to Hungary, Slovakia and Romania decreased 32.1% (by 1.428 billion kWh), to 3.02 billion kWh.
Electricity supplies to Poland grew by 7.8% (by 107.3 million kWh), to 1.484 billion kWh. Electricity supplies to Moldova decreased 74.1% (by 476.9 million kWh), to 167.1 million kWh. Export to Belarus amounted to 82.8 million kWh.
Ukrainian electricity was not exported to Russia.
At the same time, Ukraine in 2020 also cut electricity imports by 15.3% (by 413.7 million kWh) compared to 2019, to 2.285 billion kWh, including 1.474 billion kWh supplied from Slovakia, 516 million kWh from Hungary, 152.3 million kWh from Belarus, 89.4 million kWh from Romania, and 53.4 million kWh from the Russian Federation.
In addition, within technological flows associated with the parallel operation of the IPS of Ukraine with the power systems of neighboring countries and power supply of dead-end areas, 58.9 million kWh of electricity was imported from the Russian Federation last year, and 0.9 million kWh from Belarus. Emergency supplies from Hungary amounted to 1.1 million kWh.

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UKRAINE CUTS ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION IN 2020

Electricity consumption in Ukraine, taking into account in-process losses in power grids, decreased 2.6% in 2020 compared to 2019, to 146.394 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Excluding in-process losses electricity consumption in 2020 fell by 2.1%, to 117.656 billion kWh.
The country’s industry, excluding in-process losses, reduced electricity consumption by 3.8%, to 49.196 billion kWh. In particular, metallurgical industry consumed 27.105 billion kWh (5.5% less compared to 2019), fuel industry some 3.225 billion kWh (5% less), machine building industry some 3.126 billion kWh (14.7% less), chemical and petrochemical some 4.144 billion (10.6% more), food and processing some 4.34 billion kWh (3.3% less), construction some 2.332 billion kWh (3% more), others some 4.924 billion kWh (0.5% more).
In addition, agricultural enterprises consumed 3.814 billion kWh (2.8% more), transport some 5.719 billion kWh (13.4% less), developers some 949.8 million kWh (1.8% less).
In 2020 the country’s population consumed 36.436 billion kWh (3.4% more), households some 14.179 billion kWh (5.9% less) and other non-industrial consumers some 7.363 billion kWh (1.6% less).
The share of industry in total electricity consumption in 2020 fell from 42.6% to 41.8%, while the share of the population grew to 31% from 29.3%.
In December 2020, electricity consumption, taking into account in-process losses, decreased 7.3% compared to 2019, to 15.043 billion kWh, and excluding in-process losses it fell by 4.9%, to 11.435 billion kWh.

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UKRAINE IMPORTS ELECTRICITY FROM BELARUS AND SLOVAKIA SINCE EARLY 2021

The volume of electricity imports to the integrated power system (IPS) of Ukraine from Belarus since the beginning of the year amounted to 150 MWh, to the Burshtyn TPP Island from Slovakia it was 30 MWh, according to data on the website of the system operator NPC Ukrenergo as of Monday.
According to the NPC data, 133 MWh of electricity was exported to Hungary (93 MWh) and Romania (40 MWh).
According to the results of the daily auction on January 1, published on the NPC website, the interstate sections in the direction of Belarus-Ukraine were purchased by DE Trading LLC and Dniprostal-energo LLC – 1,200 MW (50 MW every hour) and 540 MW (60 MW in the first four hours and last five hours of the day), respectively.
The section in the direction of Slovakia-Ukraine was purchased by TAS Energy Country LLC (only 200 MW per day). The same company bought out 150 MW in the direction of Ukraine-Hungary.

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UKRAINE IN JANUARY-NOVEMBER REDUCES ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION

Electricity consumption in Ukraine in January-November 2020, taking into account in-process losses, decreased by 3.6% (by 4.917 billion kWh) compared to the same period in 2019, to 131.305 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Excluding in-process losses, electricity consumption over 11 months decreased by 3.2% (by 3.456 billion kWh), to 105.864 billion kWh.
The country’s industry, excluding in-process losses, reduced electricity consumption by 4.6%, to 44.768 billion kWh. In particular, metallurgical industry consumed 24.767 billion kWh (6.4% less compared to January-November 2019), fuel industry 2.791 billion kWh (5.6% less), machine building industry – 2.791 billion kWh (16.5% less), chemical and petrochemical – 3.953 billion kWh (11.7% more), food and processing – 3.953 billion kWh (3.7% down), construction materials – 2.116 billion kWh (1.9% more), others – 4.422 billion kWh (4.1% more).
In addition, agricultural enterprises consumed 3.411 billion kWh (0.2% more), transport – 5.103 billion kWh (14.5% less), construction – 831.2 million kWh (4% less).
The population of the country consumed 32.583 billion kWh (2.4% more), household consumers – 12.719 billion kWh (6.7% less), other non-industrial consumers – 6.449 billion kWh (down by 3.9%).
According to the results of 11 months, the share of industry in the total volume of electricity consumption decreased from 42.9% to 42.3%, while the share of the population increased from 29.1% to 30.8%.

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