It will take months to restore Kyiv’s own electricity generation capacity, so power cuts will continue in the city for the foreseeable future. This assessment was made at a briefing by Oleksandr Kharchenko, Managing Director of the Energy Industry Research Center. He stressed that the period since January 9 had been the most difficult for…
First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal held a meeting to review the energy supply situation in the Kharkiv region. He heard reports from the Head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, the Head of Ukrenergo, Vitalii Zaichenko, and representatives of energy companies. The Kharkiv region continues to…
Poland will increase capacity for gas exports to Ukraine from the beginning of February. Ukrainian energy minister Denys Shmyhal has hailed the move as vital to help his country handle a winter heating crisis caused by Russia’s attacks. On January 27, Shmyhal announced that the two countries’ gas transmission operators had agreed a phased increase…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko announced that the Government had simplified the procedures for installing solar power stations on buildings. “The installation of solar power stations on roofs and facades is now carried out on the basis of a technical survey report on the building. There is no need for additional permitting or registration…
For security reasons, technological processes at a critical infrastructure facility attacked by Russian forces in the morning of January 27 were halted. This was announced on Facebook by Serhii Koretskyi, CEO of Naftogaz Ukrainy. “In the morning of January 27, Russians attacked a critical infrastructure facility of the Naftogaz Group in the western region. As…
Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel said that Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure were leaving millions of civilians without electricity and heat and posing serious risks to nuclear safety. He wrote about this on social media X after discussing the situation with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. “Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure…
Several Ukrainian electrical substations that were critical to ensuring nuclear safety were damaged in Russian strikes on January 20, and the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant had completely lost external power supply. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said this in a post on X. The IAEA “is actively following developments in order to assess impact…