HLOBYNE (POLTAVA REGION), July 1 - Two cogeneration plants could be launched at Astarta holding's Hlobyne soybean plant by 2018, company COO Zeljko Erceg told reporters.

"A plant of 2 MW will be installed, this is $2.6 million, later we'll expand it by 10-12 MW, the expected investment is $12 million by 2018," he said.

According to the expert, two cogeneration units will be built at Hlobyne soybean plant, another plant of 0.5 MW is at the biogas plant of Astarta.