Tymoshenko: Dnistrovsk Storage Plant - is object number one in Europe

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.