“Trend for improvement”: Ukrenergo told what to expect from the energy sector in August
19 July 2024 11:58
“Ukrenergo expects the situation with electricity supply in Ukraine to improve in August. This was announced by the company’s chairman of the board Volodymyr Kudrytskyi in an interview with Suspilne, reports "Komersant Ukrainian"
“The first thing we have to do is to put the shelling behind us. Secondly, we see the schedule for the repair of power units and different types of power plants. There will be more generation in August than, for example, in July,”
– kudrytskyi said.
The CEO of Ukrenergo emphasised the impact of weather conditions on the energy situation:
“The heat and whether it will decrease play a big role. This affects both our consumption and imports from Europe. The weather changes consumption by 15-20%. And for the power system, a 15% difference between one day and the next is very significant.”
Regarding the possibility of ending blackouts earlier than September, Kudrytskyi said:
“We have different scenarios. We are working from the worst case scenario. If the heat subsides and there is no intense and successful shelling for the Russians, the reduction in the duration of outages will be more noticeable. But in general, the trend will be upwards.”
The situation in the Ukrainian energy sector
on 29 March 2024, Russia resumed its attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector, carrying out the most massive shelling in the entire period of the full-scale war. In particular, DniproHES and other Ukrainian energy facilities were hit. Since then, Russia has been regularly shelling Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
For example, the Russians destroyed the Trypillia and Zmiiv thermal power plants, causing Centrenergo to lose 100% of its generation. Also, 5 of DTEK’s 6 thermal power plants were severely damaged.
After that, power outages began again in Ukraine, Ukrenergo introduced blackout schedules and the government raised electricity tariffs by 60% at once.
At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to build two new units at the Khmelnytsky N PP and has already received the approval of the relevant parliamentary committee. The Razumkov Centre has criticised these plans, but some experts believe that only traitors or scoundrels are against the construction of nuclear power plants today.
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