Coal reserves at Ukraine’s TPPs up 8.6% over week - operator

That’s according to NEC Ukrenergo, Ukrinform reports.

"As of February 7, the total coal reserves in TPP warehouses stand at 713,700 tonnes, including 647,700 tonnes of gas-grade coal and 66,000 tonnes of anthracite," the statement reads.

As of January 31, there were 657,200 tonnes, the report adds.

It is noted that as of 14:30 on February 7, Building A of Unit 7 at Slovianska TPP is undergoing emergency repairs.

In addition, according to the manufacturers' requests, due to the lack of fuel, 20 TPP and CHPP units with a total capacity of 5.1 GW remain idle.

From January 31 to February 7, TPPs generated 100.4 million kWh of power, which is 21.3% below the level recorded in the previous week. The share of thermal power plants in the power load coverage was 20%.

As reported earlier, as per the Ministry of Energy, the reserves available to Ukraine’s power system allow the nation to go through the heating season without interruptions.

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