KYIV, June 25 – Ukraine's thermal power plants (TPP) and combined heat and power plants (CHPP) in January-April 2019 reduced coal consumption by 5.5% (or 516,500 tons) compared to the same period in 2018, to 8.856 million tons.

KYIV, June 25 – Ukraine from April 4 through June 22, 2019 increased natural gas stocks in its underground gas storage (UGS) facilities by 48.7% or 4.256 billion cubic meters (bcm), to 13.2 bcm, according to recent update from JSC Ukrtransgaz.

KYIV, June 25 – National Energy Company Ukrenergo has issued a warning about possible blackouts due to record-high air temperature.

"The energy system is facing a hazard to balanced electricity generation and consumption. A record-high air temperature and a peak power consumption of 17,935 megawatts have been registered in Ukraine in recent two weeks.

KYIV, June 24 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny cannot support JSC Ukrtransgaz, being on the verge of bankruptcy over billion-hryvnia debts accumulated by operators of gas distribution systems.

KYIV, June 24 – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Energy Resources Kent Logsdon said at a meeting with representatives of the World Bank and the European Union that Washington is ready to support Ukraine's energy reform programs together with international partners.

KYIV, June 24 – Ukraine could at least triple the volume of foreign investment in the country, according to newly appointed Secretary of the National Investment Council, IT businessman, public figure and volunteer, fourth in the list of the Servant of the People party, David Arakhamia.

KYIV, June 25 – DTEK Renewables, an operating company that manages DTEK assets in the field of renewable energy sources, has concluded a deal on foreign investment of EUR 90 million in the construction of the stage 2 of Prymorska wind farm (Zaporizhia region).

KYIV, June 25 – Ukraine's State Property Fund (SPF) has reported it issued an order to sell a state stake in PJSC Zaporizhia aluminum mill ZAlK, which is set at 68.0095% of the company's charter capital.

KYIV, June 25 – Ukraine's State Property Fund (SPF) has called first six tenders to hire a privatization adviser to prepare the sale of six out of 22 enterprises approved by the Ukrainian government for privatization this year.

KYIV, June 26 - Austria's Strabag, one of the largest construction companies in Europe, might soon announce its entry into the Ukrainian market, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said.