Ukraine will face summer power shortages after Russian attacks: Think tank

KYIV, June 10: Ukraine, whose energy system has been under constant Russian attack, will face power shortages ​and consumer outages in the summer months despite ‌imports and strong output from solar power plants, the DiXi Group think tank forecast.
Russia has attacked Ukraine's power generation and ​transmission systems throughout the war, severely damaging thermal ​power plants and forcing Kyiv to increase imports and resort to large-scale power cuts for ​consumers.
DiXi said in a statement that, with moderate temperatures ​and no further damage to the energy system, the power shortfall could reach 0.7 gigawatts at peak consumption, but could ​rise to 2.4 GW if temperatures increase significantly.
Annual ​maintenance at nuclear power units that are key to the energy ‌system will complicate the situation further.
"As average daily temperatures rise, hourly power cuts will be unavoidable, and a shortage could occur even at night, when demand ​is at its ​lowest," it stated.
In the event of high temperatures and further damage to the energy system, ​the shortfall would jump to 6.2 GW ​against demand of 15.8 GW, or about 40%.�" REUTERS