There was no money in the Zaporozhye city budget for generators for the water supply network, so the region and partners helped with this. Cogeneration units were also purchased, which they hope to connect by mid-December.
In cold weather, Zaporozhye schools should be provided with several generators, as one is no longer enough to turn off the lights. This was announced by the head of the Zaporozhye Regional Military Administration (OVA) Ivan Fedorov at a press conference on September 10.
“As for the city water administration, the procedure for purchasing three powerful generators with a total capacity of about 5 megawatts, which should be delivered to the base of the city water administration within the next 4 months, was carried out,” the official said.
He reported that according to the negotiation results, international partners will finance 80 percent of this purchase. The remaining 20 percent is covered by the regional budget, as there is not enough money in the city budget.
The first three cogeneration units with a total capacity of 7.5 megawatts for heating networks have been purchased. Zaporozhye is expected to receive them by mid-November and they hope to connect the facilities by mid-December.
Fedorov noted that the tender for the purchase of eight more cogeneration units, each with a capacity of 2.5 megawatts, conducted by UNDP, had recently ended. In addition, three cogeneration plants with a capacity of half a megawatt will be supplied by the Netherlands. They will start arriving on November 15.
According to the head of OVA, a working group will be formed this week to monitor the state of winter readiness. The relevant standards have changed.
The official explained that previously it was sufficient to have a single generator in schools, hospitals and other social institutions. The basic condition was that it could work for four hours.
“We must prepare for the fact that there may be no light today,” Fedorov said.
He explained that the generator can only work for 8 hours continuously. Therefore, one generator is not enough; there must be two or three. Negotiations are also ongoing with partners regarding the supply of generators. They will be connected within the next month and a half.
Let us also recall that People’s Deputy Sergei Nagornyak reported that Ukraine will be able to avoid power outages in the near future, as there is no serious power shortage. He called the transfer of power lines underground “fantasies.”
Alexander Kharchenko, director of the Energy Research Center, has listed three cities where electricity supply will be most difficult this winter. According to him, in Kiev “they will sit without electricity for 16 hours a day.”
Source: Focus
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