President of Ukraine's national nuclear energy generating company Energoatom Yuriy Nedashkovsky forecasts that a tender to select an international partner company under the Ukraine-EU Energy Bridge project is expected to be called in January or February 2018.
State-run enterprise Energoatom, the operator of Ukrainian-based nuclear power plants, increased its revenue from electricity sales by 17.1% in January-September 2017, to UAH 34.571 billion, or US$1.3 billion, according to the company's report.
Supporters of the leader of the "Rukh [Movement] of the New Forces" Mikheil Saakashvili intend to seize power in Ukraine at any cost, Chairman of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction Artur Gerasimov said while addressing the Parliament on Wednesday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Ihor Nasalyk has announced that his ministry and National Nuclear Energy Company Energoatom have extended the timeframe for planning repair campaigns at nuclear reactors from one year to four years.
Russian-occupied Crimea's de facto head Sergey Aksyonov says the power supply to Crimea fully resumed on Friday after blackouts reportedly caused by an accident in the Krasnodar Krai disconnected power lines leading to the peninsula.
The Ukrainian State Property Fund (SPF) will hold auctions on August 15-18 to sell 25% of state stakes in eight regional power distribution companies, according to the Ukrainian Cabinet's press service.
China-based company Shandong Qingneng Power Co., Ltd. plans to build a thermal power plant in the town of Dobromyl, Lviv region's Staryi Sambir district in western Ukraine, according to Lviv Regional State Administration.