The pumping station of the Kherson thermal power plant was also flooded. But the main capacities of combined heat and power plants remain outside the risk zone.
On Wednesday, June 7, due to the collapse of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station by Russian aggressors and the resulting flood, 20 thousand consumers of the Kherson region remain without electricity, and 129 transformer substations are flooded in Kherson . This was reported by the Ministry of Energy.
The pumping station of the Kherson thermal power plant was also flooded. But the main capacities of combined heat and power plants remain outside the risk zone.
Besides, in the Nikolaev area as a result of a flood, two solar power stations were flooded.
“The situation at Zaporizhzhya NPP is continuously monitored by experts from Energoatom. There is no direct threat to the occupied power plant due to the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station,” the report said.
At the same time, the fear of Russians continues on the front-lines and border areas with the Russian Federation. In the Donetsk region, seven settlements were de-energized due to the fighting.
As a result of the initial shelling, a part of consumers in Zaporozhye, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions remains without electricity.
“Despite all the challenges, the country’s energy system is working stably. There is no shortage of electricity. However, due to the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, in the future, there may be difficulties in providing and debugging a stable electricity supply for consumers of neighboring territories after their de-occupation,” the Ministry of Energy said.
Commercial electricity import in the past day reached 126 MWh, export to Poland – 800 MWh.
Also during the day, the amount of gas in storage increased by 19.7 million cubic meters. m. Reserves exceeded the mark of 9.7 billion cubic meters. m.
Earlier it became known that in Ukraine they are changing the mode of operation of hydroelectric power plants due to the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. Power engineers are trying to reduce the amount of water entering the Kakhovka reservoir to reduce flooding.
Source: korrespondent
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