PM: Energy facilities’ repair campaign goes according to plan

"The situation in the energy sector. According to the Ministry of Energy, the repair campaign goes according to plan. Nuclear units. Five nuclear units with a capacity of 4.4 GW have been repaired. Four more units with a capacity of 3.4 GW are under repair," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at the Cabinet’s meeting, Ukrinform reports.

According to him, 24 power units have been repaired and are being repaired. This is 62% of the total and the capacity amounts to 4.3 GW. Seventy percent of thermal power plants have been repaired, another 30% are currently under repair. Thirty-two hydraulic units, or 68% of the capacity, have been repaired and are under repair. And this is a capacity of almost 1.8 GW.

"On the part of Ukrenergo, we have almost 80% completion of works on the repair of trunk networks. In particular, high-voltage substations have already been restored to the pre-war level," the Head of Government added.

As reported, Ukraine needs $3.4 billion to prepare for the next heating season, this sum includes both the restoration of generation and the purchase of necessary resources.