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UKRAINE RAISES EXPORT OF ELECTRICITY, TOP BUYERS ARE HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA, ROMANIA, POLAND, MOLDOVA

22 August , 2018  

Ukraine in January-July 2018 increased electricity exports by 3.1% compared to the same period in 2017, to 3.626 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine. The supply of electricity from the Burshtyn TPP energy island towards Hungary, Slovakia and Romania rose by 14.2%, to 2.296 billion kWh.
Electricity deliveries to Poland were up by 15.6%, to 831.9 million kWh.
Electricity deliveries to Moldova totaled 498.9 million kWh, which is 36.7% less than in January-July 2017.
Ukrainian electricity was not exported to Belarus and Russia in January-July 2017 and 2018.
At the same time, in July 2018 exports of Ukrainian electricity amounted to 491.248 million kWh, which is 38.4% more than in July 2017.
In addition, Ukraine for the first seven months of this year imported 20.436 million kWh of electricity.

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