22.04.2024
Russian War Against Ukraine: Energy Dimension | DiXi Group Alert – weekly review
April 15 – 21
- In addition to continuing attacks on electricity transmission system facilities, the Russian Federation attacked gas pipelines and distribution networks during the week.
- Russia continues its nuclear terror in Ukraine – the third drone attack on the territory and objects of the Zaporizhzhia NPP was carried out in the last two weeks.
- Occupiers announced that they revised the ZNPP’s radiation protection program and aligned it with the Russian Federation’s regulatory framework. They also denied IAEA experts access to part of the ZNPP’s territory for inspection.
- Energoatom started the construction of power units 5 and 6 at Khmelnytskyi NPP using Westinghouse AR1000 technology.
- Energoatom also plans to manufacture individual components for small modular reactors in Ukraine using Holtec International technologies.
- Imports and emergency support from ENTSO–E countries were used to meet electricity demand during the week. Exports were not carried out.
- Ukrenergo calls on households to reduce electricity consumption during peak evening hours to balance the system. On April 18, from 18:00 to 22:00, scheduled outages were applied for business and industrial consumers in all regions of Ukraine except the Kherson region.
- USAID, in cooperation with the Ministry of Recovery, the Parliamentary Committee on Energy, Housing and Utilities, and NEURC, is deploying a network of small and medium–sized cogeneration units (with a capacity of 50–1,500 kW). In total, 91 cogeneration units were purchased for 32 cities of Ukraine, and 80 units were distributed in 21 regions.
- The Ministry of Recovery is developing an Action Plan to decentralize power generating and heating facilities in the Kharkiv region. Six cogeneration plants are already operating in the region, while an alternative network – gas turbine plants and mobile boiler houses – is being developed.
- Ukraine unofficially presented Ukraine’s Green Energy Transition Program (UGETP), which aims to support the stability of the energy system in the face of Russian attacks on the energy sector. The official program will be presented at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin.
- The price indices on Ukraine’s electricity markets were monthly Base BCM (of UEEX) – 2,662.5 UAH /MWh and weekly Base DAM – 3,562.4 UAH/MWh.
- GTS Operator of Ukraine presented the company’s 2024–2029 Strategic Development Plan, approved by the Supervisory Board. The plan was designed to fulfill Ukraine’s obligations to the IMF.
