russians damaged almost half of the equipment at TPPs: Centrenergo told about the main challenges of the heating season

russians damaged almost half of the equipment at TPPs: Centrenergo told about the main challenges of the heating season

Kyiv  •  UNN

March 21 2024, 10:11 AM • 25753 views

Despite a difficult start due to russian missile attacks that damaged 40% of its equipment, Centrenergo managed to increase its capacity sixfold, adjust its operations, adjust its repair programs and ensure a stable heating season with light and heat without outages and interruptions in electricity supply.

Despite a difficult start, Centrenergo managed to increase its own capacity and ensure a stable heating season despite the war. This was stated by Yevhen Harkavyi, Technical Director of Centrenergo, during a telethon, UNN reported .

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According to him, Ukraine has survived  blackouts, without power outages, and despite the predictions of some experts, we have survived the winter with light and heat.

This winter was a real challenge. russian missile attacks damaged about 40% of the equipment at our thermal power plants. We also understood that the enemy would continue to destroy Ukraine's energy facilities. (...) The situation we started with threatened to disrupt the heating season

- said the technical director of PJSC "Centrenergo"

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At the same time, he emphasized that the power engineers managed to improve the company's operations, adjust the repair program, and even increase the company's capacity sixfold.

The last time Centrenergo operated with such capacities was 10 years ago, before the war started. Our warehouses are full of coal and we have fully met the needs of our TPPs

- summarized Yevhen Harkavyi.

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