According to Oleksandr Kharchenko, Ukraine has almost nothing to cover the summer peak of electricity consumption.
Intermittent power outages will begin in Ukraine in July-August 2023. This was stated during an online briefing on May 4 by Alexander Kharchenko, director of the Energy Research Center.
According to him, during the peak summer periods – the second half of July and August, many nuclear units in Ukraine will be disabled for repair. Therefore, there will be a deficiency in the energy system.
“I think that without very significant efforts, we most likely will not be able to avoid power cuts in the second half of July and August. There is almost nothing to cover the summer consumption peak,” said Kharchenko.
Production shortages can be avoided by importing about 1 GW – that’s all the power Ukraine can buy. But in this case, as noted by the expert. “Electricity will be expensive.”
However, preliminary calculations show that this will not be enough and gas-only power units should be introduced.”
At the same time, Alexander Kharchenko added that if the gas is used for these purposes, it will be more difficult to save it for the next heating season. Then 2 billion cubic meters of gas will be required, our own production resources will definitely not be enough.
How is the Ukrainian energy system restored after the bombing?
According to Volodymyr Kudrytsky, chairman of the board of directors of Ukrenergo, the most difficult task at the moment is to restore as many power units as possible at the beginning of the war, since the Russian Armed Forces damaged a significant part of power plants during missile attacks. autumn-winter period.
“Of course, work is underway to restore the main networks of Ukrenergo, which was most damaged during the bombardment. I am confident that we will overcome this task. Although it will take several years to completely restore the energy system. There are facilities that were almost completely destroyed, they are currently in the process of active recovery. ” said.
Also, in the summer of 2023, energy engineers will not be able to count on the capacity of the Russian-occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. There is also great damage to thermal and hydroelectric power plants.
“So our usable capacity is less than normal. Therefore, to get through the summer period without interruption, we will need to activate all the reserves in our energy system. We will most likely import certain volumes of electricity from Europe,” Vladimir Kudritsky added.
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