Economics

Will the light in Ukraine in the absence of shelling: Expert explanation (video)

Ukrainians were urged to prepare for the shutdown of light in any case. Among the reasons is the lack of power of power plants. It will not be possible to avoid the shutdowns of light in Ukraine. Regardless of whether the firing of critical infrastructure objects will be inevitable. This was stated by Victoria Wojtsytska, a lawmaker in the energy sphere of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory (ICUV) on the air of Kyiv24.

It also emphasized the importance of preparation for the heating season, including the presence of sufficient gas reserves. She expressed concern because the gas volumes in storage may be insufficient for the stable winter. "Solving the issue of heat supply and providing warm homes can relieve the voltage, or the additional load that our power system carries because people begin to simply turn on a bunch of electrical appliances. So the question is when the heating season begins?" .

According to the expert, despite the presence or absence of attacks on infrastructure, power outages in Ukraine will occur. "If there is no shelling, do we wait for the schedules of shutdowns? Yes, we will wait for the schedules of shutdowns even in the absence of shelling, because different experts estimate different volumes of capacity shortages for generation from 3 to 5 gigawatts, which is comparable to a half Zaporizhzhya NPP, "Wojcitskaya explained.

We will remind, on October 9 Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko stated that Ukraine is able to pass this winter without shutdown of electricity, if the Russian Federation fails to destroy the surviving after previous attacks the objects of critical infrastructure. On October 3, the director of the Energy Research Center Alexander Kharchenko predicted that Ukrainians will have no more than 4 hours of electricity a day if the strikes from the Russian Federation continue.