13 Mar 2014 13:39

Ukraine cuts electricity exports 2.6% in Jan-Feb

KYIV. March 13 (Interfax) - Ukraine cut electricity exports by 2.6% year-on-year in January-February to 1.4 billion kilowatt-hours, a source at the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry told Interfax.

Electricity exports from the Burshtyn Energy Island to Hungary, Slovakia and Romania rose 11.6% to 794.7 million kWh. Exports to Poland totaled 175.3 million kWh, up 19.2% year-on-year.

Exports of electricity to Central European countries Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Poland as a whole grew 12.9% to 970 million kWh.

Belarus imported 312.1 million kWh of Ukrainian electricity in January-February, 32.1% less year-on-year. Belarus plans to import 3.2 billion kWh of electricity from Ukraine at $0.61 per kWh this year.

Moldova imported 117.5 million kWh of Ukrainian electricity, up 0.1%.

Ukraine did not export electricity to Russia.

Ukrainian electricity exports grew 2.6% year-on-year in February to 779.8 million kWh.

They grew 1.2% in 2013 to 9.862 billion kWh.