KYIV, May 28 – Raiffeisen Bank has started issuing unsecured green loans to small businesses for the construction of solar power stations, as well as for the purchase of electric cars and charging stations for them.

KYIV, May 27 – Energoatom, the state-owned nuclear power generating company, reduced power output to 52% of its capacity amid weak demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, Petro Kotyn, acting president of Energoatom, said Wednesday.

KYIV, May 27 - The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a memorandum to be signed with Louisiana Natural Gas Exports Inc. that opens door for long-term LNG supplies to Ukraine from the U.S.

KYIV, May 27 – After feed-in tariffs expire in 2030, the owners of home solar stations will most likely be able to freely enter the electricity market and sell their resources in it, Yuriy Shafarenko, the director of the of renewable energy and alternative fuels department at the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving, has said.

KYIV, May 27 – A third of micro and small entrepreneurs (33%) lost more than half (55-75%) of income, according to a survey of the European Business Association (EBA), in which 111 member companies of the association took part.

KYIV, May 27 – The tourist traffic to the Ukrainian capital in April and May fell by more than 90% compared to last year, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said, adding that the city will gradually ease restrictions on the work of the tourism sector.

KYIV, May 28 – Ukrzaliznytsia, the state railroad company, is ready to start passenger service and 42 trains are ready to be launched from June 1, but their number can be increased, Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Krykliy said on his Telegram channel on Thursday.

KYIV, May 28 – Ukraine’s biggest consumers of diesel fuel and liquefied natural gas asked the government to stay away from imposing any restrictions on imports, including from Russia, to prevent sweeping price increases.

KYIV, May 27 – Power production in Ukraine in January-April decreased by 0.9% (491 million kWh) compared to the same period of 2018, to 56.043 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry reported.

KYIV, May 28 – The World Bank will provide $200 million to Ukraine to implement the Accelerating Private Investment in Agriculture Program Project for Ukraine to alleviate select constraints to increased participation of the private sector, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in agricultural input and output markets of Ukraine.