OREANDA-NEWS. June 24, 2013. The President took part in the opening of the first gas-generating power station at Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant.

According to the Head of State, implementation of that project is the result of modernization of the enterprise that would facilitate reduction of the ecological load. “About 20% of investments in this project are aimed at the improvement of the environment,” Viktor Yanukovych said.

The President also drew attention to the energy efficiency of the project, implementation of which would reduce gas consumption.

Viktor Yanukovych congratulated the staff of the enterprise on the opening of the new facility.

In his turn, CEO of PJSC “Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant” Taras Shevchenko stressed: “In recent years, due to the introduction of energy efficient projects, the plant managed to reduce by 8 times the consumption of natural gas and significantly decrease the amount of harmful emissions”.