Electricity generation in Ukraine's integrated power grids in January and February 2017 grew by 3.6%, or 1.019 billion kWh, year-over-year, to 29.616 billion kWh, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Nuclear power plants NPPs) reduced electricity output by 1.2%, to 15.759 billion kWh. In particular, power production at Zaporizhia NPP amounted to 7.368 billion kWh (a 17.1% rise year-over-year), Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP generated 3.008 billion kWh (a 6.1% decline), Rivne NPP 2.517 billion kWh (a 24.6% decline), Khmelnytsky NPP 2.866 billion kWh (a 4.4% rise).
Thermal power plants (TPP) and combined heat and power plants (CHPP) increased production by 0.8%, to 11.405 billion kWh. In particular, TPP generating companies increased production by 3.7%, to 8.527 billion kWh, CHPPs saw a 7.1% decrease in output, to 2.878 billion kWh.
Hydroelectric power plants in January and February 2017 increased production by 66.7%, to 1.964 billion kWh, municipal CHPPs decreased it by 11%, to 246.2 million kWh.
Electricity production by non-conventional sources (wind farms, solar stations, biomass) decreased by 1.6%, to 242.1 million kWh.
The share ofNPPs in electricity generation was 53.2% (54.5% in January and February 2016), TPPs and CHPPs 38.5% (39.6%), hydroelectric power plants 6.6% (4.1%), municipal CHPPs and block stations 0.8% (0.9%), and alternative sources 0.8% (1%).
In February, electricity generation grew by 4%, to 13.966 billion kWh.
