Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Thursday that Ukraine has started exporting electricity to the European Union.
“Just three months after receiving the energy certificate, the long-awaited export of electricity from Ukraine to Europe has begun! Exports to Romania started from the early hours of the night today. Initial volume is 100 MW,” Shmyhal wrote on Facebook.
Already the head of the European Commission congratulated the measure, saying that it meets the needs of Ukraine and the EU. “This will provide an additional source of electricity for the EU’s needs.
So we both benefit,” von der Leyen wrote on Twitter.
According to the Ukrainian prime minister, “the exemption for the EU from energy tariffs agreed in March of this year gives a practical result” and “only on the first day, the state-owned Ukrenergo made 10 million hryvnia from the sale “.
Shmygal emphasized that “Ukraine’s electricity export potential to Europe could reach 2.5 Gw per year” and that “Ukraine could receive more than 70 billion hryvnia per year in this scenario”.
“As energy has become the engine of our integration into the EU, it will be one of the engines of our economic recovery,” the Kyiv Prime Minister concluded.
Since the conflict began on February 24 by Russia, Europeans have been closing or expanding energy supply deals to reduce their dependence on Moscow.
source: Noticias
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