Donbasenergo
power generation company operating in the eastern part of Ukraine
Donbasenergo (Ukrainian: Донбасенерго) is a regional power generation company operating in the eastern part of Ukraine. The company was established in 1995 as a result of restructuring of the Ukrainian power sector. It owns and operates power stations in Slovyansk (880 MW) and Starobesheve (1,685 MW), Donetsk Oblast. The total installed capacity of the company is 2,820 MW and it has 4.6% market share of the Ukrainian electricity market and 11.6% share of the Ukrainian heat market.
The major shareholder of Donbasenergo is Energoinvest Holding with 60.773% of shares. The state holding Energy Company of Ukraine owns 25% of shares. It is listed at the PFTS Ukraine Stock Exchange.
Privatization
Majority shares of Donbasenergo were privatized in August 2013 to Energoinvest Holding, a subsidiary of Energoinvest Holding B.V. registered in the Netherlands. It won the privatization only two months after its establishment.
Up until August 8, 2013 the Dutch offshore company Energoinvest Holding Joint-stock company was owned by Ukrainian coal mining company Krasnolimansk whose owner is Igor Gumenuk.
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