KYIV, Dec 16 – Ukraine may see the launch of new wind generation projects totaling approximately 4 GW by the end of 2025, a capacity equivalent to the current deficit in the country's power system, according to Olha Rybachuk, Managing Director of UK-based Elementum Energy.
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KYIV, Dec 15 - Two Russian oil tankers have been seriously damaged following a storm in the Kerch Strait, spilling oil and sparking an emergency rescue operation, The Associated Press reported Sunday citing Russian officials.
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KYIV, Dec 13 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at a meeting on Friday approved attracting up to $15 billion in a grant for budget support from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) of the World Bank Group. These will be the first funds within the G7 initiative to allocate $50 billion to Ukraine at the expense of income from frozen Russian assets.
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KYIV, Dec 13 - Ukraine's defense industrial base has grown more than tenfold since February 2022, which is due to the country's current military needs, but after the end of the war, Ukraine will have a very competitive defense industrial base in Europe, said Acting U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Economic Recovery, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma.
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KYIV, Dec 13 – The U.S. Department of State has created a working group on economic recovery of Ukraine on a countrywide scale, has identified 20 priority projects that it is implementing, and intends to expand its activities to new areas, said Acting U.S. Special Representative for Economic Recovery of Ukraine, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma.
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KYIV, Dec 13 – The United States will provide Ukraine with new economic support of $437.7 million, said Acting U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Economic Recovery, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma.
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KYIV, Dec 13 – The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at an extraordinary meeting initiated by Ukraine on Thursday adopted a Ukrainian resolution on the inadmissibility of Russian attacks on infrastructure critical to the operation of NPPs.
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KYIV, Dec 13 – Since the beginning of 2024, up to 20 MW of new wind power capacity has been launched in Ukraine, and 24 MW of used wind turbines have been imported, said Andriy Konechenkov, Chairman of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA), at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.
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KYIV, Dec 12 - Elementum Energy, a subsidiary of VR Capital Group operating in the wind energy sector, acquired a 200 MW wind power project in western Ukraine and plans to prepare it for construction at the end of next year, said its managing director, member of the board of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA) Olha Rybachuk.
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KYIV, Dec 12 - Illegal trade in tobacco products in Ukraine as of October 2024 decreased to 12.6%, while in July it was recorded at 14.6%, and at the beginning of the year - 19.1%, according to a study by Kantar Ukraine on monitoring the illegal trade in tobacco products in Ukraine.
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