Yatseniuk: Ukraine wants to upgrade their TPP under imported coal
Ukraine and Poland start of the technical meeting on the improvement of Ukrainian thermal power plants, so that in the future Kiev was able to import Polish coal, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk on the results of the negotiations with Prime Minister of Poland eve Kopach on the first day of the week in Kiev.
"Our Polish friends consume coal brand" G ". What is my joint decision with the Polish Prime Minister? We begin the technical meeting on the improvement of the Ukrainian thermal power plants with the intention that they could apply all grades of coal, And among them the brand " G ", which We will be able to produce in Ukraine and imported from Poland " - said Yatsenyuk.
He also stated that part of the loan, which will allocate Poland Ukraine (up to 100 million euros), may be used just for the modernization of Ukrainian thermal power plants." not fully credit that is offered, possibly aimed at the modernization of the Ukrainian thermal power plants, " he said.
Yatsenyuk explained that the Ukrainian stations burning coal of grades " A " and " T " that Kiev cannot be taken out outside of it Donbas. And at the same time from Poland can be imported only coal of mark " G ", which cannot be replaced scarce now marks " A " and " T ".
Ukraine is experiencing a shortage of gas and coal for heat and electricity production. Gas country saves by reducing procurement in the Russian Federation, the deficit associated with coal power operation in the Donbas, where is the vast number of coal mines in the country.