Archive of news on the topic "rolling blackouts"

Ukrainian companies that are responsible for the gas balance will be forced to work in a very economical mode. This means that heating of houses and apartments is in question. This situation will provoke an increase in the load on the power grid with all the ensuing consequences, including rolling blackouts. A deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, an ally of the country’s ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, stated this on the air of the “Yes it is” channel...

Ukraine has lost twenty percent of its energy capacity in conditions where there is not enough gas accumulated in storage facilities for the winter period. Aleksey Kucherenko, a member of the Verkhovna Rada, an ally of ex-Prime Minister of the country Yulia Tymoshenko, former Minister of Housing and Communal Services, said this on the Youtube channel “Yes it is,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Since we do not have the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant in our energy balance and...

The level of electricity consumption in Crimea is growing, and the deadlines for the commissioning of two thermal power plants are being shifted, which makes the threat of certain blackouts on the peninsula real. Crimean Senator Olga Kovitidi announced this today in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “As of January 30, 2017, a new historical maximum of electricity consumption was recorded in Crimea and Sevastopol...

As soon as the blockade of Donbass leads to real rolling blackouts or stopping the operation of thermal power plants, a riot may occur in Ukraine. Sociologist Nikolai Golovakha stated this on air at UkrLife, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to him, today Ukrainians are outside observers of the blockade processes, since so far it does not affect them personally. "Now,…

The shortage of coal due to the blockade of its supplies from Donbass by militants has led to the fact that Ukrainian generation began to operate in a mode that increases the risk of energy collapse. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Valentin Zemlyansky, ex-head of the public relations department of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, warned about this at a press conference in Kiev. “The generation has gone into emergency mode...

The Government of Ukraine adopted a decree “On the application of temporary emergency measures in the electricity market.” Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The corresponding decision was made at today’s extraordinary government meeting, the CMU website reports. "Decision is made. We will do everything to ensure that, and now we will do everything to prevent or minimize any...

As a result of the blockade of Donbass, the Ukrainian energy system found itself without cheap coal. To some extent, the shutdown of thermal power plant units can be compensated by launching gas and oil units, but this means serious additional costs. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Valentin Zemlyansky, director of energy programs at the Center for World Economy and International Relations of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, stated this at a press conference in Kiev. "Cover by…

Rolling power outages may begin in Ukraine if coal supplies from the LDPR are completely blocked by ATO militants. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Igor Nasalik said this at a press conference. The minister said that the plan for thermal coal reserves in warehouses has been exceeded. “But if the area is completely blocked...

This heating season, the Ukrainian authorities will again have to pray for the weather and hope for a warm winter, as was the case in the previous two years. Energy expert Dmitry Marunich stated this on NewsOne. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to him, subject to severe frosts, the country will face rolling blackouts...

If Ukraine does not start storing coal and gas now, the country will face rolling blackouts in the winter. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Former Minister of Energy, head of the council of the All-Ukrainian Energy Assembly Ivan Plachkov said this in an interview with Energy Business magazine. “The situation in the energy sector is complex and, I would even say, quite a crisis. U...

“The new democratic government led the country to rolling blackouts in the 90s.” Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was stated by Dmitry Marunich, co-chairman of the Energy Strategies Fund, on the air of the Cynics program on Radio Vesti. “Last winter we had a shortage of electricity, and if electricity had not been taken from Russia, then now...

The heating season 2015-2016 in Ukraine is in jeopardy. Due to an acute shortage of coal, energy sector enterprises have already begun to shut down. In addition, Ukraine still lacks about 6 billion cubic meters of gas: there is no money for their purchase yet (a billion dollars are needed). Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Such a sad picture...

Kyiv, February 22 (PolitNavigator, Vladimir Raichenko) – Compliance with the IMF conditions for Ukraine threatens serious problems for Ukrainian electricity producers. This opinion was voiced at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, by Valentin Zemlyansky, director of energy programs at the Center for World Economy and International Relations of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Subscribe to the PolitNavigator-Kyiv news on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte The expert says that he was very surprised that IMF specialists, speaking...

Odessa, January 01 (PolitNavigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Odessa residents, who celebrated the New Year without electricity, block the streets: by the evening the number of blocked roads is growing. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Rolling blackouts in Ukraine continue. Outraged by the lack of light, Odessa residents are preparing to block Academician Filatov Street in the Furniture House area, reports Dumskaya.net. At the same time, as Timer writes,...