Priority projects include the construction of a new power transmission line between Ukraine and Poland and a power transmission line to Romania.
Ukraine wants to increase the capacity of interstate sections to 6 GW. This is expected to happen by 2030, according to the press service of the Ministry of Energy.
Currently, the export capacity of electricity to Europe is 400 MW, and for import – 1050 MW.
Ukraine’s Deputy Energy Minister Yaroslav Demchenkov said, “We are trying to increase the electricity import and export volume between EU member states and Ukraine. We plan to build new lines and expand energy corridors.”
Priority projects include the construction of a new energy transmission line (TL) between Ukraine and Poland, and another line between Ukraine and Romania, as Demchenko noted.
“The modernization and rebuilding of distribution networks, the introduction of reasonable electricity metering, the digitization of substations and the integration of distributed generation are important in our circumstances. This work may also become an area of interest for the business community of countries.” The Three Seas Initiative,” he stressed.
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Ukraine resumed electricity exports from April 12, 2023. According to the Ministry of Energy, small quantities of Ukrainian electricity were supplied to Poland and Moldova.
The Ministry also noted that only excess capacity was procured from abroad. At the same time, the export of electricity is possible only on condition that Ukrainian consumers are fully supplied with electricity. If the situation in the energy system changes, for example, due to new missile attacks from the Russian Federation, exports will be stopped immediately.
Recall that since the autumn of last year, the Russian Armed Forces carried out more than 15 large missile attacks on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine, and another 18 attacks were carried out using kamikaze drones.
The Ukrainian government noted that as of December 2022, about 50% of the energy system had been damaged or destroyed. Russian missiles hit all thermal power plants and most hydroelectric power stations.
Meanwhile, Ukrenergo believes that Ukrainians could again face power cuts during the summer months. According to the lava of the company Volodymyr Kudrytsky, a difficult situation remains in the Ukrainian energy system due to Russian rocket attacks.
Source: Focus
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