Ukraine to export electricity again after months of attacks
Ukraine, Kyiv: Ukraine is able to export electricity for the first time in six months as its energy infrastructure recovers from months of repeated attacks.
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Ukraine, Kyiv: Ukraine is able to export electricity for the first time in six months as its energy infrastructure recovers from months of repeated attacks.
Ukraine was forced to stop electricity exports after continuous power cuts and scheduled blackouts due to the damage inflicted on its energy infrastructure in the war between Ukraine and Russia. However, the country will now be able to resume the sale of its excess power once again.
Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko signed an executive order authorising the exports, although local customers remain the priority.
“The next step is to start exporting electricity, which will allow us to attract additional financial resources for the necessary reconstruction of the destroyed and damaged energy infrastructure,” said Halushchenko.
He said the system had been producing extra capacity for almost two months and that Ukrainians were not facing restrictions.
In June 2022, Ukraine had said it was hoping to bring in $1.63 B (€1.5 B) from electricity exports to the EU – its main export market for energy since the war began – by the end of the year.
Source: BBC
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