KIEV: Coal stocks at warehouses of thermal power plants (TPPs) in Ukraine on May 16-23 shrank by 4.6%, to 1.964 million tonnes, national energy company Ukrenergo said. Stocks of anthracite coal amounted to 854,900 tonnes, a 2% decline, of which 94,300 tonnes are stored at Luhansk TPP. Gas coal and long-flame coal stocks were 1.301 million tonnes, a 6.6% decline, of which 210,300 tonnes are at Burshtyn TPP.
Ukrenergo said energy consumption during the morning of May 1230 was 15.850 GW, while 25 coal power units and three fuel oil power units at the TPPs generated 5.338 GW. Nuclear power plants (NPPs) showed a capacity of 7.805 GW, hydroelectric power plants 1.769 GW, combined heat and power plants 772 MW and alternative energy units 166 MW. Exports from the Burshtyn TPP energy island on May 22 stood at 237 MW and to Poland at 128 MW. No exports to Belarus, Moldova and Russia were reported.
