After the burning of all reserves of hard coal from the warehouses of thermal power plants, which is not supplied due to the blocking of the supply of this brand of coal with an uncontrolled territory of Donbass, Ukraine will start rolling blackouts.
This was during the anti-crisis energy headquarters said the head Ukrenergo Vsevolod Kovalchuk.
“When you are done, all residues of coal, we will not be able to do without a limit of users, using a special graphics blackouts”, – said Kovalchuk.
According to him, the current weather conditions for thermal power plants burned about 30 thousand tons of anthracite, and to reduce its consumption of up to 20 thousand tons per day, thereby ensuring smooth operation of the TPP for 14-40 days, you need to keep the state of emergency in the energy sector.
“If in the coming days will not be resumed supplies of anthracite, it is necessary to introduce emergency situation in the energy sector”, – said Kovalchuk.
He stressed that the energy system of Ukraine can not do without the work of the anthracite, thermal power plants, which in any case needs to work even with minimum loading because it allows to produce electricity from nuclear power plants.
However, he said that if thermal power plants operating on anthracite, will be forced to stay in the low temperatures, it will stop the supply of heat from the stations in the cities, and can also be damaged equipment TPP.
As reported, January 26, began the blockade of railway tracks, the initiators of which were the people who called themselves veterans of the ATO. The Prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case against the participants of the blockade.
12 February, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groisman said about the need to urgently unblock the train tracks on the demarcation line in the Donbass, as the block will have a negative impact on the economy, and there are risks of rolling blackouts due to the shortage of coal in thermal power plants.
