Electricity production increased by 6.6% this year,

announced the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy. In January-October 2021, electricity production in Ukraine amounted to 127.722 bln kWh, which is 6.6% more than in the same period of 2020. In January-October 2021, nuclear power plants increased electricity production by 9.8% to 69.183 bln kWh, and hydroelectric power plants by 43.8% to 8.972 billion kWh. On the other hand, electricity production at thermal power plants increased by 2.2% to 30.196 billion kWh, and at thermal power plants and cogeneration units – is decreased by 28.7% to 6.982 billion kWh.