OREANDA-NEWS. March 17, 2010. Vostokenergo (DTEK) announces extension of the open tender for selling Emission Reduction Units (ERU) till May 14, 2010 due to a considerable interest from potential ERU buyers and also taking into account lengthy preparation of the bids by the buyers.
 
All interested parties are invited to participate in the tender.
 
Earlier the Company announced an open tender for selling Emission Reduction Units (ERU) within the frameworks of Kyoto Protocol. The company plans to significantly reduce emissions to the atmosphere and put over 5m ERU up for sale by 2012.
 
The company plans that in 2006-2012 a large-scale power equipment reconstruction will result in Kurakhovskaya TPP emissions’ reduction by 2.32 m tons of СО2  equivalent (1 ton of СО2 equivalent equals 1 ERU), Luganskaya TPP’s by 2.39 m tons and Zuevskaya TPP’s by .71 m ton respectively. 96% of ERU, which the reconstruction of Kurakhovskaya and Luganskaya TPPs resulted in, are put up for sale, as well as 89.5% of Zuevskaya TPP’s ERU.