"We are making changes to the construction project of the Kaniv PSPP," Syrota stated, emphasizing that the biggest challenges for the energy sector are the rapid restoration and protection of infrastructure facilities.
“It should be inaccessible to the enemy. Therefore, there are plans to build it underground.”
"We have to build infrastructure that is sustainable," he added.
The Kaniv PSPP is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant located on the floodplain of the west bank of the Dnipro River near the northern outskirts of Kaniv. It is the second stage of the Dnipro Cascade.
Blackouts due to Russia's attacks on Ukraine
Massive Russian attacks on energy infrastructure have resumed since March 22, 2024. Russia has carried out eight missile and drone attacks on the Ukrainian energy system. Ukrainian power plants cannot generate the same amount of electricity as before the attacks due to damage, Ukrenergo said.
Controlled emergency power outages were introduced in all of Ukraine's oblasts from May 14.
All large thermal and hydropower plants in Ukraine were damaged due to Russian attacks, Ukrenergo reported on May 20.
Russia destroyed 50% of Ukraine's power generation capacity, 73% of large TPPs are not working due to severe damage and destruction, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
The situation is much worse than in 2022-2023, Energy Minister German Halushchenko said.
The situation will improve in August after planned repairs of Ukrainian nuclear power plants' units and changes in weather conditions, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said in early July.