BUDAPEST: Ukraine in January-September 2016 increased exports of electricity by 3.6% (by 97.4 million kWh) compared to the same period in 2015, to 2.834 billion kWh, a source in the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Electricity supplies from the Burshtyn TPP energy island in the direction of Hungary, Slovakia and Romania in the period decreased by 22.4% (by 601.9 million kWh) compared to January-September 2015, to 2.081 billion kWh.
Electricity supplies to Poland amounted to 749.2 million kWh against 39.4 million kWh in January-September 2015. In January-September 2016, 3.7 million kWh was delivered to Moldova, Belarus did not received power against 600,000 kWh for the first nine months of last year.
Ukrainian electricity was not exported to Russia in January-September 2016. In September 2016 exports of Ukrainian electricity amounted to 224.6 million kWh, which is 14% up than in September 2015.
In January-September 2016 Ukraine imported 57.744 million kWh of electricity, including 3.3 million kWh from Russia and 47,000 kWh from Moldova in August.
