Ukraine at the final stage on the road to energy visa-free travel – Galushchenko
Herman Galushchenko
Ukraine plans to complete synchronization with the energy system of continental Europe, which is also called energy visa-free, in 2023. This was stated by the Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Galushchenko during a briefing in Brussels .
Ukraine , Ukraingate , 21 , January , 2022 | Ukraine News
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“We are now in the final stages. This year we plan to go through an isolated regime twice – it should be winter and summer. After that, we are approaching the issue that we are ready to unite with the power grid, “Galushchenko said.
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According to the minister, a maximum of one million tons of coal is needed to pass the five days of isolation.
Despite the shortage of coal in Ukraine this winter, Galushchenko assured that there would be enough.
“Today we have 800,000 tons in warehouses and 220,000 tons of unloaded coal in the port,” Galushchenko added.
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In Ukraine, with the beginning of the heating season, there was talk of non-fulfillment of the plan to accumulate coal at thermal power plants for electricity production. At the same time, Russia refused to export coal to Ukraine, which is used at thermal power plants to produce electricity.
Against this background, Ukraine has resumed electricity imports from Belarus. The opportunity to import electricity from Russia and Belarus appeared on November 1, after several months of bans and litigation.
In order to avoid resource shortages and provide warehouses with fuel, Ukraine has started importing it, including by sea. During the month, coal stocks in Ukrainian warehouses increased by almost 38%.
At the same time, according to the Ministry of Energy, in this heating season in Ukraine, electricity consumption increased by almost 6%, and gas consumption decreased by about the same amount.
At the same time, on December 15, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal stated that there had been no fan outages since the beginning of the heating season. According to him, several hours of power outages in one city or another are “urgent repairs to power lines, which are warned in advance, or emergencies related to weather conditions.”
The Ministry of Energy pointed out that if Ukrainians are cut off from electricity, it is not because of the deficit. The only reason for the lack of electricity supply in the homes of Ukrainians is to carry out scheduled and emergency repairs by the distribution system operator, the ministry said.
However, the duration of power outages should not exceed a total of 8 hours per day in the winter months in case of inability to provide backup power, said in the regulator – NKREKP.
Source: Ukrgate