The nuclear power plants of Ukraine increased the electricity production for the 10 months of 2011 compared to the same period of 2010 by 0.9% — to 73.4 billion KWh, this is reported by the State Enterprise National Nuclear Energy Generating Company “Energoatom” (Kiev). Among other instances there is Zaporozhskaya nuclear power plant which produced […]

26 thousand residents in the town of Stakhanov (the Lugansk region) have turned from the centralized heat supply to the individual (wood) heating. 90 percent of the population of Stakhanov have switched from the central heating to the individual one. This was announced by the mayor of Stakhanov Yuriy Borisov. According to the mayor, Stakhanov […]

Activ Solar completed the construction of the fourth and the last phase of the solar plant Okhotnikovo with the capacity of 80 MW. The solar plant Okhotnikovo with the capacity of 80 MW occupies over 160 ha and consists of about 560 thousand solar panels. The project is divided into four phases of 20 MW […]

Ukraine is going to build two 110 kV power transmission lines and transformer yard for connecting the renewable energy facilities to the substations Reni (Odessa region) and Zheleznodorozhnoe (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) for the funds provided by the European Union within the framework of supporting the energy strategy of Ukraine in the sphere of […]

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has taken a decision to pass the state stock of shares of the 48 enterprises in gas supply and gas service installation sectors (City and Regional Gas services) from the nominal capital of the National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine to the State Property Fund of Ukraine with the […]

Ukraine has introduced tax advantages for the manufacturers of equipment which is used in the renewable energy sector. This will enable reducing the wholesale prices on end products including solar panels approximately by 20%. It has become known that on September 28 saw the confirmation of a list of Ukrainian manufactured products, 80% of sales […]

The pilot rating of energy efficiency has been carried out among the regions of Ukraine. According t the published rating, the most energy efficient regions of Ukraine are Vinnitsa, Chernovtsy and Odessa regions, their energy efficiency parameters are 71%, 70% and 70% of the EU level respectively. The least energy efficient are Lugansk, Poltava and […]

This year the authorities of the Odessa region intends to launch more than 30 renewable energy projects on-site. The vice-chairman of the Odessa Regional Administration Alexander Malinin said that the total capacity of the solar energy projects both planned and being executed at the moment at the territory of the Odessa region already exceeds 240 […]

The US State Secretary Hillary Clinton and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Konstyantyn Gryschenko effected the deal on the recovery of Ukrainian weapon-grade plutonium deposits. Clinton classified this deal as mutually beneficial pointing out that both the people of Ukraine and global safety will benefit from that, the news agencies […]

The largest solar photovoltaic system in the Central and Eastern Europe is to be completed by the end of 2011. The Activ Solar company has finished the construction of the third phase of the solar park Okhotnikovo. It spreads over the territory of about 40 ha and according to the press-service of the Austrian investor […]