Ukrenergo: Coal stocks at Ukraine's thermal power plants shrink 8.5% in a week

11:22, 22.06.2016 1 min read

Coal stocks at warehouses of thermal power plants (TPPs) in Ukraine on June 13 through June 21 shrank by 8.5%, from 1.621 million tonnes to 1.484 million tonnes, national energy company Ukrenergo said.

Stocks of anthracite coal amounted to 405,400 tonnes, a 26.4% decline, of which 50,800 tonnes are stored at Luhansk TPP. Gas coal and long-flame coal stocks were 1.078 million tonnes, a 0.7% rise, of which 213,000 tonnes are at Burshtyn TPP.

Ukrenergo said energy consumption during the morning of June 21 was 17.215 GW, while 37 coal power units and two fuel oil power units at the TPPs generated 7.025 GW. Nuclear power plants (NPPs) showed a capacity of 7.727 GW, hydroelectric power plants 1.58 GW, combined heat and power plants 713 MW and alternative energy units 170 MW.

Exports from the Burshtyn TPP energy island on June 20 stood at 489 MW and to Poland at 120 MW. No exports to Belarus, Moldova and Russia were reported.