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Ukraine's power grid may face fewer winter blackouts in the 2026–2027 heating season (Photo: Oleksandr Medvedev / NV)
Ukraine's electricity supply this winter may be somewhat better than last year, Parliamentary Energy Committee member Serhii Nahorniak said in an interview with Radio NV on Sept. 18.
He attributed the anticipated stabilization to the continuous rollout and commissioning of decentralized generation units and commercial energy storage systems across the country over the past twelve months.
"In my personal assessment, the electricity situation this winter will be somewhat better than last year," Nahorniak stated.
"Over the course of this year, quite a few new small-scale generation facilities and power accumulation systems were brought online."
He highlighted that this distributed generation buffer allowed Ukraine to navigate the summer peak without planned household blackouts, even permitting commercial power exports to the European Union in July and August.
However, the lawmaker cautioned that fundamental operational risks confronting the national power grid remain acute ahead of freezing temperatures.
Strategic Energy Commitments and Stalled Projects
Distributed generation targets: On June 11, 2024, at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine, backed by international partners, intended to build up to 1 GW of flexible, decentralized gas generation capacity within the year, alongside an additional 4 GW over the medium term.
Suspension of capacity expansion: On Sept. 14, 2026, reports surfaced confirming that Ukrainian energy authorities temporarily halted development projects for new generating capacities totaling 1.5 GW.
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