Ukraine boosts electricity exports to Europe in two months to 1 bln kWh

Hungary bought more than 60% of Ukrainian electricity sold abroad.

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Ukraine boosted electricity exports to European Union countries and Moldova in the first two months of 2018 by 6.1%, year-over-year, to 1.032 billion (bln) kWh.

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In particular, Hungary accounted for 60.6%, or 624.9 million (mln) kWh, while the share of Poland was 27.9%, or 288.4 mln kWh. Moldova bought 96 mln kWh of Ukrainian electricity (9.3%), Slovakia 17.6 mln kWh (1.7%), and Romania 5.3 mln kWh (0.5%), Ukraine's Energy and Coal Industry Ministry said.

As UNIAN reported, Ukraine in in 2017 boosted electricity exports by 28.6% from 2016, to 5.166 bln kWh. Meanwhile, revenue from electricity sales over the reporting period increased by 55%, to US$236 million.

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