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Ukraine's energy system faces challenges but remains under control, says PM Shmyhal

The current energy situation in Ukraine is complicated but controlled, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on X on Nov. 29.

29 November 2024, 04:35 PM

Odesa under siege: Expert reveals energy crisis challenges and solutions

Volodymyr Omelchenko, director of energy programs at the Razumkov Center, discusses the prospects for ending blackouts in Ukraine and why the country is using just 15% of its electricity import quota.

21 November 2024, 11:01 AM

Russian strike damaged power lines, leaving Kharkiv Oblast without electricity

A Russian strike in the Slatyne district of Kharkiv Oblast damaged a high-voltage power line, said head of the Dergachyv city military administration Vyacheslav Zadorenko on Telegram on Nov. 14.

14 November 2024, 12:42 PM

EU to boost power supply to Ukraine with higher import cap

Ukraine and the EU have agreed to increase the electricity import limit from the current 1.7 GW to 2.1 GW starting in December, the Energy Ministry reported on Telegram on Oct. 29.

29 October 2024, 01:58 PM

Ukraine could lose EU electricity imports, expert warns

Ukraine could soon lose its access to electricity imports from the EU, since Ukrenergo’s (national power grid operator) certification might get revoked, Director of the Energy Research Center, Oleksandr Kharchenko, said in a piece for Ukrainska Pravda on Oct. 14.

15 October 2024, 12:38 AM

Ukraine seeks to boost electricity imports from EU amidst leadership changes at Ukrenergo

NV investigated whether European countries would agree to increase the quota for electricity supply to Ukraine from 1.7 GW to 2.2 GW, as desired by Kyiv.

23 September 2024, 03:41 PM

Sweden commits $49 million to support Ukraine's energy sector

Sweden will provide an additional SEK 500 million ($49 million) to help repair Ukraine’s energy infrastructure ahead of the coming winter, the Swedish government announced on Sept. 5.

6 September 2024, 01:24 AM

Key Ukrainian retailer grants licenses to supply gas and electricity

The National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities (NCSREU) granted licenses to supply electricity and natural gas to Epicenter, Ukraine's top retailer, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Aug. 7.

8 August 2024, 03:01 PM

Ukraine partners with Poland to secure winter power supply - Ukrenergo

Ukrenergo national power operator is "cooperating with Poland to increase the technical capabilities and volume of electricity supplies to Ukraine in the fall and winter seasons," company's CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said on Aug. 2.

5 August 2024, 11:40 AM

Zelenskyy's 1 GW gas power goal unlikely this year — expert

Valerii Tarasyuk, head of the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC), believes that Ukraine is unlikely to build 1 GW of distributed gas generation facilities by the end of the year, as stated earlier by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he told Forbes in an interview on July 29.

29 July 2024, 06:55 PM

Ukraine reduces blackout queues as power supply situation gets better

The electricity supply situation in Ukraine has improved, signaling that the most challenging period of summer may be over, said Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, CEO of Ukrenergo, during a briefing on July 26.

27 July 2024, 01:45 AM

Ukraine's power grid stabilizes with early nuclear unit reconnection

The situation in Ukraine’s power grid has improved due to the early reconnection of a nuclear unit, which was brought back online nearly two weeks ahead of schedule, the Energy Ministry said on July 25.

25 July 2024, 01:53 PM

Ukrainian major gas station network prepares to operate without power, heat, and mobile network - video

Companies must be ready to function without electricity, heat, and mobile network as the energy crisis looms, Ukrainian major gas station network WOG CEO Andriy Pyvovarsky said at "The Future of Ukrainian Energy: Dialogues with NV." event.

24 July 2024, 12:22 PM

Southern Russia citizens ask dictator Putin for help with electricity crisis

An emergency power outage left 25 streets in the Karasunsky district and 16 streets in the Prikubansky district without electricity, the Unified Dispatch Service of Krasnodar reported on Telegram on July 21.

21 July 2024, 04:48 PM

Ukraine adopts law on tax and customs duty exemptions on power equipment imports amid critical blackouts

Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has adopted bills No. 11258 and No. 11259 on the abolition of tax and customs duties for the production and/or repair of mechanized demining machines, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on Telegram on July 16.

16 July 2024, 05:33 PM

Ukraine faces peak electricity demand amid heat wave and Russian attacks

Electricity consumption in Ukraine has surged to its peak due to a heat wave, exacerbated by Russian attacks on the energy sector, leaving Ukrainian power stations unable to meet demand, Ukraine's National Power Company Ukrenergo reported on Telegram on July 15.

15 July 2024, 12:57 PM

Cabinet considers canceling power outages in Ukraine's frontline areas

The Cabinet of Ministers is considering the possibility of canceling power outage schedules for some frontline areas, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, Chair of the Board of NPC Ukrenergo, said in an interview with news agency Hromadske on June 27.

27 June 2024, 06:35 PM

Eleven Ukrainian oblasts face stricter power restrictions, emergency outages introduced

"In Kyiv, Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhya, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, increased restrictions have been introduced from 1:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. EET," DTEK reported on Telegram on June 24.

24 June 2024, 06:00 PM

Kyiv energy worker found dead in shelter during air raid alert

A 43-year-old worker from a Kyiv energy company was found dead in a shelter during an air raid on June 23, the Energy Ministry reported on Telegram.

23 June 2024, 01:08 PM

Power engineer injured in Russian missile attack in Zaporizhzhya Oblast dies in hospital

Power engineer, wounded as a result of a Russian missile attack on a power facility in Zaporizhzhya district on June 22 died in hospital, local governor Ivan Fedorov reported on Telegram on June 23.

23 June 2024, 11:42 AM

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