As warmer weather is expected to come to Ukraine this week, the situation of the country’s power system may improve, but deficit periods will emerge in place for a long time, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, head of NEC Ukrenergo, has declared.
“We will long have periods of power shortages, when we will have to apply shutdowns. This week the situation may be much easier than last week – this will be related to a weather change,” said Kudrytskyi.
He explained that while the energy industry put all available generation capacities into operation and fully utilized the opportunities for imports, it was still insufficient to cover the deficit.
CEO Ukrenergo reminded that as a result of the latest series of massive Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, significant amounts of heat and hydro generation capacities were destroyed. In addition, as a result of the cold snap, Ukrainians started consuming more electricity. (Ukrinform)