Ukraine increases electricity exports by 37.2% in two months of 2017

15:22, 14.03.2017 1 min read

Ukraine in January-February 2017 increased electricity exports by 37.2% (by 263.9 million kWh) compared to the same period in 2016, to 972.5 million kWh, a source in the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.

Electricity supplies from the Burshtyn TPP energy island towards Hungary, Slovakia and Romania increased by 48.4% (by 257.3 million kWh), to 788.5 million kWh.

Electricity deliveries to Poland rose by 5.3% (by 9.3 million kWh), to 184.1 million kWh.

Ukrainian electricity was not exported to Moldova, Belarus and Russia in January-February 2017, while in the same period of 2016 these countries were supplied 2.6 million kWh.

In February 2017 exports of Ukrainian electricity amounted to 413.3 million kWh, which is 13.9% (50.3 million kWh) more than in February 2016.

In addition, Ukraine in January-February 2017 imported 8.3 million kWh of electricity (8.1 million kWh from the Russian Federation, 200,000 kWh from Belarus) against 10.7 million kWh in the two months of 2016.