KIEV, Sept. 10 - Helios Netherlands B.V. and Appollon B.V. (both based in the Netherlands) are intending to buy 100% stakes in Bolhrad Solar, Neptune Solar and Delta Solar, which exploit solar power plants in Odessa and Mykolaiv regions and in Crimea.

KIEV, Sept. 10 – Ukraine's GDP in the second quarter of 2013 fell by 1.3% compared with the second quarter of 2012, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, Sept. 11 - EIG Engineering by late 2016 plans to build two thermal power plants using wood chips as fuel with capacities of 20 MW each in Dubrovytsia (Rivne region) and Horodne (Chernihiv region), the company's press service has reported.

KIEV, Sept. 12 – The Cabinet of Ministers has revised upwards the cost of a comprehensive program on increasing the safety of reactors of nuclear power plants, raising it by 34.5% or by UAH 4.298 billion, to UAH 16.751 billion.

DNIPROPETROVSK, Sept. 12 - Ukraine and Brazil are planning to increase by more than $400 million the amount of funding for the project to build the Cyclone-4 space rocket complex at the Alcantara Launch Center (Brazil).

MOSCOW, Sept, 12 - TNK-BP is negotiating the sale of its oil refinery in Ukraine with several contenders, company Executive Director German Khan told journalists.

KIEV, Sept. 12 – The Cabinet of Ministers has included Kriukov Car Building Works (KCBW, Kremenchuk, Poltava region) in a state program for the development of domestic production to create dual-system electric trains with speeds of 160-250 kilometers per hour.

KIEV, Sept. 12 – Germany's Kalzip (Koblenz) will build a roof for the new containment for Chernobyl nuclear power plant , and the cost of the additional shelter for reactor four of Chernobyl will grow to EUR 1.5 billion, the Izvestiya newspaper has reported.

KIEV, Sept. 12 - Ukraine will become the largest producer of natural gas from offshore Black Sea deposits by 2015, outpacing other countries in the region, a senior official at state-owned energy producer said Wednesday.

KIEV, Sept. 12 - Ukraine has introduced a recycling fee on cars imported from Russia, a decree published on Wednesday showed, escalating a trade conflict that ensued after Moscow took a similar step this month, Reuters reported.