Ukrainian no longer enjoy preferential treatment for the import of generators and Starlink systems as they expire on May 1, the State Customs Service reports. Value added tax (VAT) and import duties will be charged again for goods such as power generators, inverters, and other equipment, as well as systems providing satellite Internet access. The taxation … Read more
Energoatom, Ukraine’s nuclear energy company, and the US company Holtec International have signed an agreement to build up to 20 nuclear power units with SMR-160 reactors in Ukraine. Energoatom President Petro Kotin and Holtec International President and CEO Khris Singh reportedly signed an agreement on cooperation in the deployment of small modular reactors. Energoatom emphasizes … Read more
Ukraine’s Energoatom National Nuclear Power Company signed an agreement with the U.S. Holtec International, to install nuclear power units with SMR-160 reactors, Energoatom’s press office wrote on Facebook on April 21. Small Modular Reactor SMR-160 is a pressurised light-water reactor, generating 160 MWe using low-enriched uranium fuel. The Cooperation Agreement to install the small modular reactors was … Read more
The German Government and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will jointly allocate EUR 3 million ($3.33 million) for green industrial reconstruction and development projects, UNIDO reported on its site on April 21. The Industrial Capacity Development, Policies and Diagnostics for Ukraine’s Green Recovery project aims to provide industrial research and diagnostics, as well as recommendations … Read more
The export of electricity will be stopped in case of a shortage of generation capacity for domestic consumers, Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Haluschenko said. “There can be no export if there is not enough generation for domestic consumers,” the minister said at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday. At the same time, … Read more
Slovakia has resumed electricity imports from Ukraine, the Ukrainian electric operator Ukrenergo said on April 17. Ukraine currently exports 200 MW per hour to Slovakia. Ukraine imports a small amount — 2-4 MW, depending on the hour. Slovakia becomes the third country to resume electricity imports from Ukraine, after Poland (75 MW per hour) and Moldova (99-134 … Read more
The Regional Gas Company (RGC) has connected the first biomethane plant in Ukraine to its networks, the company reported on April 12. The plant will produce about 3 million cubic meters of gas per year – enough to meet the demand of about 1,500 customers, both households and industry. Work on connecting the plant was … Read more
Ukraine’s first biomethane plant was connected to the gas transmission network. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy reports that it is already supplying gas to consumers. The Ministry of Agriculture says that the biomethane and biogas industry development will make it possible to abandon the import of gas, which will contribute to the country’s energy security … Read more
Ukrainian oil company Ukrnafta to drill five more wells in western regions in 2023. It exceeds the previous plans to establish three wells, Serhii Koretsky, the company’s CEO, says. “The first well, with a depth of 2,213 meters, will be an exploratory well. It should reveal promising deposits of three horizons. The expected flow rate … Read more
Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Haluschenko signed an administrative document authorizing to start the process of resuming the export of electricity in the conditions of a surplus of generating capacity. “The Ukrainian energy system has been operating for almost two months without restrictions of consumers with a reserve of power. We have achieved this … Read more