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Mayor of Kharkiv Hennadiy Kernes has initiated the creation of a working group for the implementation of the Ukrainian Silicon Valley project, bankrolled by local tycoon Oleksandr Yaroslavsky​, the Kharkiv city government announced on September 8.
"The project will create conditions for a faster development of the IT industry in Kharkiv, introduce modern technologies, invite the best specialists to work and attract investments in the local economy," the city government said.
"The multipurpose business park Ecopolis HTZ will become the basis of the Ukrainian Silicon Valley, which is planned to be created on the territory of the Kharkiv Tractor Plant." The working group included representatives of the city council, business, education and science, the public and specialized nongovernmental organizations.
Ecopolis HTZ (Hi-Tech Zone) is a long-term investment project created by the DCH group of businessman Yaroslavsky based on the sites of the Kharkiv Tractor Plant, which will become an anchor resident.
The planned investment volume is $1 billion before 2033. It is planned to create at least 10,000 jobs. The business park will include an industrial park, IT and R&D clusters, a logistics complex with an e-commerce distribution centre, agricultural and technological and commerce clusters, medical and educational centres.
This July, Ecopolis HTZ signed a memorandum of cooperation with a large Chinese investment and industrial company – Tus Holdings.
9.1.8 ​Tourism sector news
9.1.9 ​Utilities sector news
Ukraine’s re-opening comes too late to save the Chornobyl tourism season. ​With the season nearing an end, 24,000 tourists have visited the exclusion zone -- 70% below this time last year, Maksym Shevchuk, deputy head of Exclusion Zone Management Agency tells Ukrinform.
Electricity consumption in August 2020 returned last year's level, ​reports Ukrenergo, the state-owned power grid operator. Compared to August 2019, household power consumption was up last month by 5.7%. Industry was down 2.9%. Within the industrial grouping, downturns in consumption were: machine-building industry -12%; metallurgy -6%; and fuel -3%. At the same time, electricity consumption grew by an average of 5% in food processing, chemicals and petrochemicals, and building materials.
Kyiv has the cheapest household electricity prices of 33 European capitals​ surveyed by the European Commission’s “Quarterly Report of on European Electricity Markets.” Buried away on page 43 is a chart showing Kyiv’s price is about 4 euro cents, one fifth the 19 euro cent average for the 27 countries of the EU.
Hungary is the largest importer of electricity from Ukraine​, reports Ukraine’s State Customs Service. Through August, Hungary bought $92mn
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