Published January 09,2024
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Ukraine‘s energy grid operator on Tuesday mentioned that harsh winter situations within the nation have led to electrical energy cuts in additional than 1,000 settlements in 9 areas.
A press release by Ukrenergo mentioned that the energy cuts have been reported in a complete of 1,025 settlements within the Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Zaporizhzhia areas.

The assertion mentioned that regional restore crews are working to revive energy as quickly as potential, however that these efforts are hampered by tough situations.

Ukrenergo additional mentioned that the extent of power consumption continues to develop because of the vital drop in temperatures all through the nation, indicating that the consumption on Monday night was 9.5% larger than on Friday.

“Currently, as of 9 a.m. (0700GMT), the consumption level is 5.8% higher than yesterday’s figure, which was already quite high,” the assertion mentioned, including that it occurred as temperatures dropped to minus 15C (5F).

The assertion went on to say {that a} fast improve in consumption was recorded within the areas the place electrical energy provide was restored, which it mentioned created a big further load on energy crops and overloaded the electrical energy transmission and distribution networks.

It additional mentioned the electrical energy produced by all kinds of energy crops within the nation is adequate to make sure Ukraine’s power provide, however that the elevated demand creates a big load on energy crops which are already working at most capability.
“Meanwhile, most thermal power plants are still recovering from last winter’s massive missile attacks, and solar power plants cannot work at maximum capacity due to dense clouds and bad weather,” it added.

Ukrenergo urged its shoppers to not activate all highly effective electrical home equipment on the similar time, whereas additionally asking them to concentrate to utilizing energy-intensive electrical home equipment throughout particular intervals of the day.

The firm additionally mentioned it imported electrical energy from Slovakia and Romania.
Source: www.anews.com.tr