Ukraine faces mounting coal shortage problems — Energy Ministry
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Ukraine’s thermal power plants face mounting problems with coal shortages while energy companies’ coal stocks are declining, Ukrainian Deputy Energy and Coal Minister Alexander Svetelik said on Friday, as cited by TASS.
The deputy minister who spoke at a roundtable discussion on preparations for the upcoming heating season said the energy companies were required to have 2.7 million tons of coal at their warehouses while the available stocks stood at 1.5 million tons.
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on Friday during a working trip to Kharkov “the situation in the energy sector is disastrous.”