REUTERS
The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine expects that the exports of Ukrainian electricity will grow by 60% in 2017 compared to 2016 when exports amounted to 4 billion kWh, that's according to energy minister Ihor Nasalyk.
"It will be a growth of about 60%. I think that's a lot," Nasalyk told UNIAN, answering the question about electricity export forecasts for 2017.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine in 2016 increased its electricity exports by 10.9% compared to 2015, that's to 4.014 billion kWh.
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During this period, electricity was supplied to Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, and Romania.