Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko participated in
solemn ceremonies devoted to the mounting of storage pump and trench watering
of the first stage of Dnistrovsk Storage Plant.
Commenting upon the event, Yulia Tymoshenko stated that she
is proud of the country, “This object has no equal neither in the CIS nor in
Europe – due to its power, technologies, scale – it is number one in Europe”.
The Head of Government stressed that Dnistrovsk Storage Plant enables Ukraine
to get partially energy independence so much discussed during the last years.
According to the Prime Minister, the Dnistrovsk Storage
Plant is a regnerative energy source due to which the country can save essential
volumes of natural gas. Yulia Tymoshenko noted that Dnistrovsk Storage Plant is
an ecological object number one in Ukraine, “This object allows to increase the
efficienty of energy ssytem of Ukraine and this is the first step toward
unification of the Ukrainian energy system with the European energy sytem which
is provided in the Government’s Development Strategy Of Fuel-Energy Complex of
Ukraine till 2030”.
The PM noted that such object as Dnistrovsk Storage Plant
is evidence to the fact that our country can be all-sufficient and able to
provide itself with all necessary resources at the hard time of global
financial crisis.
The Head of Government stressed that Dnistrovsk Storage
Plant’s dam – is an efficient waterproof construction designed for high water
level that, in its turn, allows to protect the region from the flood. Yulia
Tymoshenko said that storage plant is a unique various water storage which is
similar in its scale to such water storage of Russia as Baikal.
The PM emphasized that this object is Ukraine’s pride
because it was built exceptionally by Ukrainian builders, equipment of domestic
engineering plants was used for the building and Ukrainian banks financed the
building, in particular, Oschadbank.
According to Yulia Tymoshenko, by the example of the Dnistrovsk
Storage Plant it is necessary to demonstrate how to complete works at many similar
objects. The Head of Government noted that only in the fuel-energy complex
there are 16 powerful objects implementation of which will allow to ensure new
workplaces. In particular, it concern completion of nuclear power plants and transmission
equipments. The Prime Minister promised that Government would strengthen work
on completing such objects and provide their financing in full.
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