Energoatom

Tuesday, June 14

Energoatom is negotiating electricity export to Poland. State-owned Energoatom wants to supply large volumes of electricity to Poland in a year and a half stated Energoatom President Petro Kotin. “We are already negotiating to start exporting electri...

The only uranium ore producer in Ukraine can merge with Energoatom. State Nuclear Energy company Energoatom proposed that the government join with the Eastern Mining and Engineering Company, the only uranium ore producer in Ukraine, stated the president of Energoatom...

Thursday, June 2

Energoatom will supply electricity to Moldova. Energocom (Moldova) plans to sign an electricity supply contract with Ukrainian state enterprise Energoatom to cover up to 30% of the country’s electricity consumption in June, announced Ministe...

Wednesday, June 1

Energoatom will purchase nuclear fuel from Westinghouse worth $50M. “Ukraine State Enterprise Energoatom has raised a UAH 1.5B ($50M) loan from Ukrgasbank to buy fuel from the US company Westinghouse in 2022. The company plans to use borrowed funds to increase the pur...

Tuesday, May 24

Ukraine has enough electricity from nuclear power plants. The total capacity of the power units from nuclear power plants connected to the power system provides the necessary amount of electricity for the country’s needs, announced Energoatom. As of Ma...

Wednesday, May 4

Ukraine will build five nuclear power units together with Westinghouse. State Enterprise Energoatom and the American company Westinghouse continue to work on constructing new AP-1000 power units at Ukrainian NPPs, said the head of Energoatom, Petro Kotin. “We have ...

Tuesday, April 19

Energoatom stopped using Russian uranium for its nuclear power plants. The head of the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom, Petro Kotin, held talks with the leaders of the Urenco Group regarding additional supplies of uranium concentrate for Ukrainian N...

Friday, February 4

Energoatom and Canadian OCNI have signed a memorandum of understanding. State enterprise Energoatom and the Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI) have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the nuclear energy field. The memorandum’s mission i...

Monday, January 10

Energoatom will use Rolls-Royce technology for a small modular reactor. The National Nuclear Energy Generating Company (Energoatom) is considering cooperating with the British company Rolls-Royce. The company, which has developed the technology of a small modular reactor ...

Thursday, January 6

The corporatization of Energoatom is planned for 2022. The plan to corporatize Energoatom will give a new impetus to the company’s development, including access to world markets and attracting resources,” said Energy Minister Herman Galushchen...

Wednesday, December 15

Despite two coal shipments, TPP and CHPP are short of fuel. As of December 13th, 19 TPP and CHPP units were out of operation due to a lack of coal. At state-owned Centrenergo, 9 out of 20 power units reported a lack of fuel, and seven power units were in opera...

Wednesday, November 24

The state Guaranteed Buyer has requested a debt settlement of UAH 4 bln ($150 mln) from Energoatom. The Acting Director, Vadym Ulyda reached out to the Director of Energoatom, Petro Kotin, to hold talks and settle disputes. The Guaranteed Buyer says it has taken all neces...

Tuesday, November 23

The United States will help Ukraine build 14 new power units at nuclear power plants. Energoatom and the US industrial giant, Westinghouse, will sign bilateral agreements on implementing a project to build new power units at the Khmelnytskyi NPP using AP1000 technology announced Energo...

Monday, October 25

Ukraine’s Energoatom plans to build small modular reactors by 2030. The head of Energoatom, Petro Kotin, said that a small modular reactor may be constructed by 2030. The announcement was made during the recent Ukraine Gas Investment Congress, which was held in Kyiv l...

Wednesday, September 1

Energoatom and Westinghouse have signed a cooperation agreement. One of the first fruits of President Zelenskiy’s visit to the US is a memorandum signed by Ukraine’s National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom and Westinghouse on the construction of...

Wednesday, February 17

McDonald’s Ukraine plans to expand a pilot program of restaurant waste recycling to all 96 restaurants in the country by the end of this year McDonald’s Ukraine plans to expand a pilot program of restaurant waste recycling to all 96 restaurants in the country by the end of this year, the company announced yesterday. As part of a world...

Kyiv’s 11th Regus office work space opens in Podil next month Kyiv’s 11th Regus office work space opens in Podil next month, reports the parent company, Luxembourg-based IWG Plc. Despite last year’s economic recession, total occupancy of the 10 existing Regus wo...

Kyiv’s Sikorsky Airport is to add 500 meters to its runway, allowing Wizz Air, its primary user, to use larger jets. Kyiv’s Sikorsky Airport is to add 500 meters to its runway, allowing Wizz Air, its primary user, to use larger jets. By moving to Airbus 321 jets, Wizz Air says it can reduce frequencies and noise in ...

Mayor Klitschko signed an order last week for design work to start on a 5-year upgrade of the airport Mayor Klitschko signed an order last week for design work to start on a 5-year upgrade of the airport. By expanding the runway to 2,810 meters, upgrading lights and adding an instrument landing system...

German and Biden Administration officials are discussing a package of measures that would allow the Russia-German gas line to open, but protect Ukraine’s security concerns German and Biden Administration officials are discussing a package of measures that would allow the Russia-German gas line to open, but protect Ukraine’s security concerns, according to a Financial Ti...

“As Berlin seeks solutions, early signs from Washington indicate that the Biden administration is seeking to defuse the Nord Stream 2 debate,” “As Berlin seeks solutions, early signs from Washington indicate that the Biden administration is seeking to defuse the Nord Stream 2 debate,” the FT writes. “Two knowledgeable sources said [US Secret...

A cold weather spike in electricity consumption, a lack of coal, and power plant breakdowns are forcing Eastern Ukraine to import electricity A cold weather spike in electricity consumption, a lack of coal, and power plant breakdowns are forcing Eastern Ukraine to import electricity from Belarus and Russia and Western Ukraine to import elec...

Electricity consumption last week was 6.5% more than forecast Electricity consumption last week was 6.5% more than forecast. But coal reserves fell to one third of required minimums. Thanks to imports, Kudrytskyi does not predict immediate power shortages.

DTEK Group, Ukraine’s largest private power producer DTEK Group, Ukraine’s largest private power producer, called on the government yesterday “to abolish price caps, which are an obstacle to the liberalization of the electricity market.” The company cit...

Ukraine’s Energoatom will soon stop sending spent nuclear fuel to Russia for processing and storage Ukraine’s Energoatom will soon stop sending spent nuclear fuel to Russia for processing and storage, Petro Kotin, the company head, said yesterday. In July, the Centralized Spent Fuel Storage Facility...

With demand strong for Ukrainian government bonds, the Finance Ministry depressed yields on all five hryvnia bonds sold at yesterday’s auction With demand strong for Ukrainian government bonds, the Finance Ministry depressed yields on all five hryvnia bonds sold at yesterday’s auction, the Ministry reported. With yields dropping from six to ...

Looking beyond the bland public statements surrounding Ukraine’s recent suspension of talks with the IMF, Looking beyond the bland public statements surrounding Ukraine’s recent suspension of talks with the IMF, Anders Aslund, a veteran IMF observer, writes in an Atlantic Council blog: “No agreement was c...

DiDi, China’s giant online taxi service, plans to launch this year in Ukraine, reports AIN.ua news site. With 550 million users DiDi, China’s giant online taxi service, plans to launch this year in Ukraine, reports AIN.ua news site. With 550 million users, tens of millions of users and billions of dollars in revenues, DiDi ent...

DiDi will compete with Bolt, Uber and Uklon for Ukraine’s taxi market, estimated by Uklon at $800 million a year. DiDi will compete with Bolt, Uber and Uklon for Ukraine’s taxi market, estimated by Uklon at $800 million a year. Uber, the first mover in Ukraine, now operates in seven Ukrainian cities and claims th...

Taxi services got a boost yesterday when the Rada overwhelmingly approved a bill raising the penalty for drunk driving to $608 Taxi services got a boost yesterday when the Rada overwhelmingly approved a bill raising the penalty for drunk driving to $608. For repeat offenders, the fine is doubled to $1,216, licenses are suspen...