KYIV. UkraineGate .21. December .2022 | War News .
From the new year, every adult citizen of Ukraine will be able to get 5 LED lamps for free to replace old incandescent lamps. And in this way it will contribute to helping power engineers to balance the electrical system of Ukraine. This was announced by First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko on the air of a telethon .
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“Currently, in order to reduce the burden on the energy infrastructure, we have to implement various, including non-traditional, energy efficiency measures. Simply replacing old light bulbs with new LED lamps can save the country up to 1.5 gigawatts of electricity during peak hours. This is a very significant savings. For comparison: the replacement of 50 million LED bulbs will unload the operation of the whole reactor of a nuclear power plant,” said Yulia Svyrydenko, quoted by the press service of the ministry.
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According to her, in particular, the replacement of 30 million light bulbs will be financed by the European Union. The Government of Ukraine is working to ensure that all procedures by the EU are completed by the end of the year and the program will start in January.
Svyrydenko said that the program will be implemented through Ukrposhta, and its mechanism will be simplified as much as possible. A person who decides to use the program only needs to leave an application in advance, come to the Ukrposhta branch and exchange 5 old-style lamps for 5 new LED ones.
“We will make the program long enough for all citizens of Ukraine who want to replace light bulbs to take advantage of this opportunity,” Svyrydenko said.
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Ukraine expects to start receiving energy-saving LED lamps from partner countries for replacement in institutions and among the population by the end of this year.
In Ukraine,there is a significant shortage of capacity in the power system. The situation with energy supply in the central region, in particular, in Kyiv, remains difficult. The regions have been proven consumption limits, in excess of which emergency outages are applied.
Source: Ukrgate
