Cold is not far off: will Ukraine have enough coal and what will happen to electricity?

A number of Ukrainians in the coming winter may face a shortage of electricity. This was stated by the representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dusarrick, transmits press service of the UN Secretary General. He noted that the UN, for its part, is making efforts to mitigate the possible consequences.

“With regard to winter, we are of course concerned about problems with access to energy for a large number of households, which will lead to devastating consequences. Therefore, we are working with the Ukrainian authorities to support wintering and community protection programs, as well as in any areas that will help mitigate the consequences.”Dujarric said.

The operator of the United Energy System of Ukraine, the state company NEK Ukrenergo, is preparation of backup power supply routes in case of attacks on the energy infrastructure. This was stated at a briefing by the chairman of the board of NPC Ukrenergo Vladimir Kudritsky.

“We are preparing for any scenarios, we are preparing backup power lines and an emergency supply. We are preparing our people and emergency repair teams that will maintain the networks around the clock, restore them so that all consumers have light in the house. Our task is to recover as quickly as possible after the attacks,” - he said.

Kudritsky stated that there will be no rolling blackouts without ZNPP. “The last two winters were very difficult, there was a lot of talk that there would be rolling blackouts. Managed to avoid it. As long as we are connected to the European energy system, therefore, if necessary, we will be able to receive assistance in the form of electricity supplies from the European energy system as well,” he assures.

In addition, the head of Ukrenergo notes that the export of electricity continues, and our country will be able to sell electricity even in winter. “If we lose some of the generations, then first of all we will reduce the volume of exports in order to balance the Ukrainian energy system so that our consumers have electricity”, he adds.

The season of coal accumulation is still going on, to the top heating season you need to have from 2 to 3 million tons of coal: «we will see a specific figure on October 15th. I think it will be more than the minimum threshold of 2 million tons.”

The head of Ukrenergo also notes that coal reserves are several times higher than last year:with coal is much better than last year. Consumption has decreased significantly, so this autumn-winter season we will burn less coal than in the past. The stock of coal this year exceeds last year's by several times. The situation is good."

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