Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Kistion says Ukraine in 2017 almost halved consumption of anthracite coal whose stocks in Ukraine are insufficient, having used 4.8 million tonnes of anthracite at its thermal power plants.
According to the results of 2017, Ukraine will reduce consumption of scarce coal of anthracite group by almost two times, up to 5 million tonnes year-over-year (y-o-y), according to the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, referring to Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Kistion.
Ukrainian government’s plans to put PJSC Magistralni Gazoprovody Ukrainy [Trunk Gas Pipelines of Ukraine] on the list of state-owned enterprises that are not subject to privatization make it impossible to attract external investment to support and develop the country’s gas transmission system, head of the Energy Community Secretariat Janez Kopac wrote in a letter to Ukraine's Vice Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion, Europeiska Pravda reports.
The Steering Committee under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion at its Tuesday meeting approved the country’s draft Energy Strategy until 2035, which provides for the maximum reduction in GDP’s energy intensity and the phase-out of deficient anthracite coal, committee member and Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Minister for European Integration Natalia Boiko told an UNIAN correspondent.