OREANDA-NEWS. May 02, 2012. In order to reduce consumption of expensive imported gas in Ukraine is being implemented scale program of modernization of heat and power plants, including the transfer power units from gas to coal. This was informed by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov at the enlarged Cabinet session.

"We have managed to very significantly reduce gas consumption. We do not drivel or complain but transferred power units from gas to coal. It is carried out extensive work to increase coal production and reconstruction of the HPPs. There have been modernized 8 power generating units, while in the previous 20 years - only 6," Prime Minister underlined.

Thus, Mykola Azarov said that need to modernize 70 more power units at the heat and power plants.