«This is the bottom line of energy saving policy — or rather, energy efficiency,» – the Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov said at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on August 29, 2012. The head of the government said that since the beginning of the year Ukraine has imported nearly 12 billion cubic […]

Over 420 population centers of Ukraine remained without electricity in the night of Sunday due to the strong wind and rain, the Emergency Ministry of Ukraine reports. In particular, in Chernigov region 176 population centers were blacked-out, in Sumy region – 92, in Kiev region – 43, in Ivano-Frankivsk region – 41, in Volyn region […]

50% of the shares of the largest energy supplier of Ukraine – Dneproblenergo – was set for an auction. The information about the company sale is contained in the press-release of the State Property Fund of the country. The stating price of the package is 75 million American dollars. The auction is scheduled for April […]

Ukraine and Moldova have come to an agreement on cooperation in energy projects with the aim of reducing both countries dependence on natural gas deliveries from the Russian Federation. This information was publicized by Vladimir Filat, the prime-minister of Moldova. He pointed out that Kiev and Kishinev agreed on complex approach to the cooperation model […]

In 2012 Ukraine is planning to increase its own gas production by 5%  — to reach 21 billion cubic meters, the Minister of Energy and Coal Mining of Ukraine Yuriy Boiko. “We are going to improve out legislation, raise or technical level and invite the leading companies…which means implementing the set of actions which will […]

The government of Ukraine considers it possible to adopt the state budget for 2012 with the maximum possible target price and in case of reaching the agreement with Russia on the price reduction – to insert an amendment into the document, the prime-minister Nickolay Azarov told the journalists. At the same time he did not […]

The Parliament of Ukraine has passed the law which would enable purchasing nuclear fuel without going through any tender procedures. This was an initiative of the government of the country. As the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers if Ukraine explains, the nuclear fuel purchase is to be based on direct contracts. It is expected […]

In 2011 the deliveries of biodiesel fuel to Ukraine will make up about 470-500 thousand tons, the market participants forecast. Thus, summing up the results of the 10 months of 2011 317 thousand tons of biodiesel was delivered in Ukraine and in November and December, as traders forecast about 150 thousand tons more of this […]

Mykola Azarov, the prime-minster of Ukraine who is paying a working visit to Astana on November 23 and 24 is ready to discuss with the authorities of Kazakhstan the issues of natural gas production and its transportation from the Central Asia as well as the ratification of a treaty on the Free Market Zone creation. […]

The first vice prime-minister, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Andrey Klyuev ordered the Ministry of Agrarian Policy to develop and submit for governmental consideration the program on conversion of the excess spirit manufacturing capacity into bioethanol production. The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade in cooperation with the Ministry of Agrarian […]