Ukraine increases electricity exports by 1.6 times in Jan 2017

19:01, 27.02.2017 1 min read

Ukraine in January 2017 increased electricity exports by 61.9% (by 213.8 million kWh) compared to the same period in 2016, to 559.4 million kWh, a source in the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.

Electricity supplies from the Burshtyn TPP energy island in the direction of Hungary, Slovakia and Romania increased by 60.6% (by 161.6 million kWh), to 428.3 million kWh.

Electricity supplies to Poland rose by 68.9% (by 53.5 million kWh), to 131.2 million kWh.

Last month Ukrainian electricity was not exported to Moldova, Belarus and Russia, whereas exports to these countries in January 2016 amounted to 1.2 million kWh.

In addition, Ukraine in January 2017 imported 4.7 million kWh of electricity (from Russia 4.6 million kWh, Belarus 100,000 kWh) compared to 6 million kWh in January 2016.

As reported, Ukraine in January 2017 exported electricity worth $21.577 million, which is 53.5% more than in January 2016 ($14.056 million).