The EU does not want to buy Ukrainian energy Minister Ariel

Poland is not interested in the potential power purchase, which is expected to produce at unit 2 of Khmelnitsky NPP is part of GP "NAEK "Energoatom", in the framework of the project "Energy bridge "Ukraine-EU" and export to this country.

On 25 Nov, answering the question correspondent ExPro, after the presentation of the plans of the Ministry of energy and protection of the environment in 2019-2020 reported to the relevant Minister Alexei Orgel, Recalling a conversation he recently had with the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki.

"do you Need this electric energy? He said that we have another choice, we switched to "green energy" and it is not interesting to us" - gave Alex Ariel the response of the head of the Polish government.

Ariel also added that today there is no confirmation from the European consumer interest in the energy bridge project.

"okay, who's gonna finish the HA-3, BA-4? And there is investment? Let's see ... the Problem is that we can not confirm a need at the consumer level electricity in Europe", - said the Minister.

Project "energy Bridge "EU-Ukraine" provides for disconnection from the grid of Ukraine of the power unit №2 Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant with a capacity of 1 000 MW and the reorientation of its work on the export of electricity to Poland (substation "Rzeszow") and Hungary (substation "Albertirsa"). Withdrawn from the grid power is planned to be offset by an increase of 5-10% of capacity at other nuclear power plants of Ukraine due to the introduction of technologies line of companies, including the American engineering company Westinghouse.

Project "energy Bridge "EU-Ukraine" provides for expansion of bandwidth Islands "burshtynska TPP" (the inclusion of Khmelnitsky 2, substation 750/330 kV "Western" and interstate lines 750 kV "at the NPP – substation "Rzeszow" (Poland). The total cost of the project is 243,5 million euros. To participate in the project of the Polish company Polenergia International S. àr.l. formed a consortium with Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB, EDF Trading Limited (UK).

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