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to Shmyhal, this year's gas production is estimated at 16 to 19 billion cubic meters, while yearly consumption in Ukraine is around 24 billion cubic meters. Therefore, the shortage of necessary gas will have to be imported. The upcoming heating season will be challenging due to the occupation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, three thermal power plants, and about 40% of all renewable energy facilities. Also, some coal mines are inaccessible due to the threat of shelling and destruction.
Energoatom restores connection between IAEA, Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Ukraine’s state-run nuclear company reported that it restored the connection between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant’s surveillance systems, which had been down due to Russian occupation of the plant. The restored connection will reportedly allow for the monitoring of nuclear material.
Ukraine will open the import-export of electricity to Slovakia. From July 7, Ukraine will start exporting and importing 50 MW of electricity in the direction of Slovakia, according to Ukrenergo. For the July 7 auctions, the capacity of electricity exported to Romania and imported from it has been reduced from 100 MW to 50 MW. As reported, on June 27, the European network of electricity transmission system operators, ENTSO-E, agreed to start commercializing the first 100 MW of electricity in Europe. Romania became the first destination for electrical supply. Based on the results of the Romanian auctions, it was planned that the possibility of opening directions to Slovakia and Hungary would be considered, but with a total capacity of 100 MW.
The debut electricity auction for export to the EU shows earning potential for Ukraine on June 29. The debut auction on energy exports to Europe has proven Ukraine's ability to make billions of hryvnias, announced the CEO of Ukrenergo. The average price of access to the interstate crossing, which will deliver 100 MW of electricity to Romania on June 30, of 4,200 UAH / MWh, became a record. In just one first day, the state company Ukrenergo earned UAH 10M ($330,000)," said a board member of Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytsky. He suggested that if the export capacity was increased to 1,000 MW and auctions were held to buy access to interstate crossings at the same level, the state could earn up to UAH 100M a day or UAH 36B ($1.2B) a year. Accordingly, 2,000 MW can bring the state about UAH 72B a year, said the head of Ukrenergo.
The Russians threaten disaster at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
At the occupied Zaporizhzhya NPP, the invaders will apparently drain the cooling pools in search of fictitious weapons belonging to workers, which could lead to a nuclear security threat. The invaders are planning to accuse the Ukrainian NPP workers of storing weapons on the plant's territory. To those ends, several workers were detained and tortured to force them to confess that they had hidden weapons in a concrete cooling pool at Zaporizhzhia NPP in March. Energoatom emphasizes that if Zaporizhzhia NPP is left without cooling, it could threaten nuclear safety, especially in the summer heat, due to the risk of overheating and equipment failure. Also, no one is sure that the occupiers will not put explosives, shells, or weapons in the cooling ponds to later accuse the workers of creating a hazardous situation.
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