Ukraine says 9 GW of generation has been damaged since heating season began, with plans to restore about 4 GW
The Facts
- Denys Shmyhal said more than 9 GW of Ukraine’s power generation capacity has been damaged since the start of the heating season.
- Shmyhal said Ukraine plans to restore approximately 4 GW of generation capacity.
- Shmyhal said about 3.5 GW of generation capacity has already been restored.
- Shmyhal said Ukraine could restore more than 2 GW of generation capacity by the end of May.
- Shmyhal said the end-of-May restoration would help the system during planned maintenance outages at nuclear power units.
- Shmyhal said Ukraine is continuing to import electricity and that imports are about 12% of total daily consumption.
- Shmyhal said the power deficit during peak consumption hours is about 1 GW.
Context
What restoration timeline did Shmyhal describe?
He said energy workers have already restored about 3.5 GW, with the government planning roughly 4 GW of restoration in total; he added that more than 2 GW could be restored by the end of May. Интерфакс-У…,Економічна …
Why is restoring capacity by the end of May significant?
Shmyhal said additional restored capacity would help the power system while nuclear power units undergo planned repairs. Интерфакс-У…,Корреспонде…
What broader energy-security measures did Shmyhal say the government is pursuing?
He said the government plans a new energy-security architecture that includes protecting critical infrastructure nodes, creating strategic reserves, and developing additional distributed generation (including 1.5 GW referenced in the plan). Ukrinform-EN,Интерфакс-У…
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