KIEV, July 18 – Electricity production by solar and wind power plants, as well as biofuel stations in Ukraine amounted to 581.4 million kWh in H1, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry said.
KIEV, July 18 – Ukraine actually could start exporting poultry products to the European Union countries starting July 24, when a list of Ukrainian companies that have the right to export poultry products approved by the European Commission takes effect, the State Veterinary and Biosecurity Service has reported.
KIEV, July 18 – The National Commission for Energy Regulation (has decided to issue a license for electricity production to six solar power plants with a total installed capacity of 16 MW.
KIEV, July 18 - Ukraine's Eastern European Fuel and Energy Company, or VETEK, has begun buying into the shareholder capital of the Kiev-based bank Brokbusinessbank, controlled by the brothers Oleksandr and Serhiy Buriak.
KHARKIV, July 19 – Statements by Chief Technical Officer of the VKontakte social network (Russia) Nikolai Durov that law-enforcement officers are doing all they can to seize the Ukrainian servers of the company is an attempt to put pressure on Ukraine's Income and Tax Ministry, Minister Oleksandr Klymenko said.
KIEV, July 19 – A $50 million project to create an oil refining complex is to be realized near the Oktiabrsk specialized port (Mykolaiv region), the Mykolaiv Regional Administration has reported.
KIEV, July 19 - Ukraine has more than doubled power generation by renewable energy sources, including solar, wind and biofuel power plants, in the first half of the year, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reported Friday.
KIEV, July 20 – The State Property Fund has asked that the financial reports of Zakhidenergo, Kyivenergo and Zakarpattiaoblenergo give the value of the state-owned stakes in these companies that are to be put up for sale in August.
KIEV, July 21 - Zaporizhtransformator (ZTR) is planning to launch eight transformers at the solar power plants of Spain's Abengoa Group by late 2011, and four of them have already been installed, the company reported on Thursday.