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Starlink prices nearly double in Ukraine since March. Starlink terminals will cost $700 for new Ukrainian consumers, according to the company’s website, a rise from about $385 earlier this year. The consumer cost of the monthly subscription will now rise from $60 to $75.
During the war in Ukraine, the number of new IT specialists increased by 3.5 times. In Ukraine, a record 70,000 IT candidates are looking for a job, of which 16,000 candidates are without experience, which is an increase of more than 3.5 times over the course of the past year. Last November, there were only 4,500 such candidates, according to statistics from Djinni, a job search site for IT specialists. The number of candidates with one to three years of experience has almost tripled - from 6,200 to 18,000. Candidates with three to five years of experience have increased by 2.5 times. Specialists with more than five years of experience who are currently searching for work have now almost doubled. The most experienced candidates remain the largest segment represented in Djinni (34%).
9.1.9 Utilities sector news
Almost all of Ukraine’s biggest thermal and hydropower plants have been damaged in a month-long barrage of Russian missiles, according to Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the head of Ukraine’s state grid operator Ukrenergo. Kudrytskyi said on November 22 that the level of damage to the energy system is “colossal” and, therefore, scheduled blackouts remain in place to maintain the balance and prevent the “collapse” of the energy system. Moscow launched its largest missile attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on November 15, causing emergency power outages across the country. According to the Ukrainian authorities, Russian forces launched around 90 missiles at targets across Ukraine that day. Following the attack, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said almost half of Ukraine’s energy system was out of order. In October, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk suggested that Ukrainians residing abroad should remain outside the country until spring due to the increased threat of Russian attacks during winter.
Ukraine is considering the possibility of renting floating thermal power plants. The Turkish company Karpowership, which owns the world's largest fleet of energy barges, is negotiating to place three of them in Odesa, the company's top manager Zeynep Kharezi said. According to her, the company is discussing this with the authorities in Odesa and the Ukrainian state energy company Ukrenergo. This would involve placing three power plants with a total capacity of 300 MW near Odesa. In addition to commercial and technical parameters, the parties need to settle the issue of vessel safety. Kharezi believes that, as in the case of the grain initiative, this may require UN mediation. "Depending on needs and approvals, we could do it by the end of the year. The ships are ready, and we can deploy them in three weeks," she clarified.
All units of the Rivne, Pivdennoukrainska and Khmelnytsky nuclear power plants (NPPs) have been shut down due to a decrease in frequency in the Ukrainian power system after yet another massive Russian missile attacks on November 23, the press service of Energoatom reported.
Ukraine is unlikely to face a total blackout due to Russian missile strikes.
DTEK, one of the nation’s largest power operators, said that Ukraine’s air
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