After New Year holidays Minister-Counselor for energy and coal industry of Ukraine, Maksim Belyavskiy, declared that in 2018 Ukraine “will increase annual green energy output by 20%”.
In 2017, Gazprom supplied 8.25 billion cubic meters of gas to Austria – by 40.7% more than in 2016. The historical record, settled in 2005 – 6.8 billion cubic meters, was broken in early November.
The EU countries have reached an integrated agreement on the development of renewable energy sources (RES). In December, they signed a directive on the intention to increase the share of renewable energy to 27% of the overall consumption by 2030.