Coal reserves at Ukraine's coal-burning nuclear power plant raised by 3.1% over the past eight days, or by 40,000 mt, to 1.318 million mt as of August 25, compared to 1.278 million mt August 17, UkrEnergo, which runs the country's power grid, reported Tuesday.

UkrEnergo reported coal supplies with someday hold-up since government workplaces had actually been shut Monday for the Self-reliance Day vacation.

Ukraine plans to store concerning 3.2 million mt of coal, consisting of 1.4 million mt of anthracite, by October 15, when the high-demand season is because of start, while the present numbers of coal stocks reveal the country is lagging much behind routine.

Ukraine's books of anthracite coal rose to 585,700 mt since August 25, compared to 574,900 mt August 17, UkrEnergo said in the report. A lot of these gets-- concerning 424,300 mt-- were kept at storage facilities at Luhansk Thermal Power Plant, which is now separated from the nation's power grid, UkrEnergo stated.

Lots of Ukrainian power plants utilize anthracite coal as gas and it can not be changed with various other sorts of coal.

Gets of various other types of thermal coal raised to 732,900 mt as of August 25, compared to 705,200 mt August 17, UkrEnergo stated. About this page of these books-- 152,800 mt-- gathered at Burshtyn Thermal Nuclear Power Plant, which largely focuses on exporting power to the EU.

Meanwhile, supplies of gas oil at the power plants fell to 22,700 mt as of August 25 from 24,350 mt August 17.

UkrEnergo routinely reports on fuel oil supplies with coal supplies because some Ukrainian power plants utilize gas oil to initiate the burning of coal. Fuel oil is likewise made use of by nuclear power plant as a get fuel for power generation.

The low level of coal reserves just recently set off worries from Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk that Ukraine may deal with major power shortages in winter months, when demand for power accelerates.

Ukraine normally shops concerning 4.5 million mt of coal before the start of the high-demand season, but as a result of an armed problem in the Donetsk and Luhansk areas over the previous year, both coal extraction as well as consumption have been significantly decreased.