Only 27% of large thermal power plants operate in Ukraine, the rest are destroyed or damaged.
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Due to the Russian attack, 9.2 GW of power was lost – half of Ukraine’s entire capacity. Prime Minister Denis Shmigal spoke about this today, June 7, during a national telethon, reports “Public”.
The situation in the energy sector is very difficult. It is obvious. Russia destroyed 50% of our ability to generate electricity,” the prime minister emphasized. – In fact, today, due to missile and drone attacks, we have lost 9.2 gigawatts of electricity – this is half of our power with which we went through, for example, last winter.
Szmigal noted that:
- 42 energy blocks destroyed;
- 27% of large thermal power plants are in working order, 73% are destroyed or damaged and are currently not working;
- 20 hydropower units are also not functioning today and are damaged. That’s 1.3 gigawatts of power.
Shmigal emphasized that Ukraine is working to restore energy in order to launch as much generation as possible before winter:
- work continues to protect the remaining capacities and those that the energy sector is currently restoring;
- They are also working to increase imports of electricity from the EU – currently the maximum possible import is 2.2 GW, but so far the most that the EU can import politically is 1.7 GW. Therefore, negotiations are now underway with the European Commission to open imports to the maximum;
- They are also working to decentralize electricity generation.
In addition, Ukraine’s international partners have created a special fund to support Ukraine’s energy sector, where 500 million euros have already been collected.
Shmigal added that Ukraine must not only increase, but also save electricity in order to get through this summer and next winter.
Source: “Public”
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