Crimea without electricity from Ukraine: the seriousness of the problem would remove energy bridge – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, November 23 – RIA Novosti. Power supply in Crimea in connection with damage to power lines supplying electricity from Ukraine in Crimea, do not currently receive about 1.5 million people. To ensure the supply involves own generation Crimea and redundant power supply (mobile power plants and diesel generators), but significantly improve the situation will only launch the first stage of the energy bridge of Kuban in December.

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With regard to the supply of electricity to the Crimea from Ukraine, Kiev supplied by conflicting information. On the one hand, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk instructed to start without delay in the Kherson region repairs to restore damaged power lines. On the other hand, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said that he considered it necessary to initiate a breach of contract with Russia for the supply of electricity to the Crimea.

The energy blockade by Ukraine

Last Friday, in the Kherson region have been undermined by an electricity pylon supplying electricity to the Crimea, on Sunday night, the supply of electricity to the peninsula to Ukraine were completely halted. In Crimea, introduced emergency mode, graphics outages of electricity and water supply. En enabled the generation of energy in a number of cities in the Crimea. At the same time supporters of the blockade of the Crimea in Ukraine do not allow maintenance crews to damaged power transmission poles, which were hung flags – Ukrainian and approved by the Kurultay of the Crimean Tatars in 1991.

According to the Crimean authorities for energy blockade of the peninsula stands in particular, the head of the Russian Federation in the unregistered organization “Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people” Mustafa Cemil. Together with its other leader – Refat Chubarov – he had previously initiated a food blockade of the Crimea and openly called for an end to his power. Against both in Russia prosecuted them for five years, denied entry to Russia in connection with extremist statements.

Kiev authorities food blockade of the Crimea did not interfere, and on Monday Yatsenyuk announced plans to prepare a list of products and services that can be delivered on the peninsula, and instructed him to bring to the development of representatives of the Crimean Tatars.

Do not hurry as the authorities of Ukraine and transmission repair undermined. Ministry of Energy of Ukraine refers to the fact that repairers do not have access. But Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said that the repair work can be carried out on only one of the four damaged power lines, leading to the Crimea; the rest remains to be examined for explosives.

However, some hope for the resumption of electricity supplies from Ukraine in Crimea gives the fact that Kiev is also interested in the supply of electricity from the Russian Federation. In addition, Russia is supplying coal to a number of Ukrainian power.

“Kiev from us too dependent. We supply coal to the six or seven thermal power plant in Kiev, without which they can not operate. We still hold on the response, but we hope that the Ukrainian authorities to use the power and install support. They can do this in one day. That is a subject of serious discussions with Kiev “, – RIA Novosti said the senator from Crimea Sergey Tsekov.

Crimea without light

According to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, at the time of disconnection without electricity in the peninsula had almost 2.4 million people. On disconnected consumers had 673 megawatts of power.

Now all socially important facilities around the clock presence of people and potentially dangerous objects are connected to the standby power by 100%.

The international airport “Simferopol”, the railway station in Simferopol and Kerch ferry operating on backup power supply. Power supply of housing is carried out fan-way according to schedule “Krymenergo”.

fuel for diesel generators, which are currently working as a backup source of power in the Crimea, will last for 13 days, in Sevastopol – 10 days from calculation work for eight hours a day. In addition to diesel generators in the Crimea is now put into operation 13 mobile gas turbine power plant. According to the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation of November 21, fuel cell power plants will last for 745 hours (30 days).

Restoring power

Currently, Crimea is an isolated power system and is not included in the common Russian energy system. Until recent events Peninsula power supply by 70% depended on Ukraine.

To the best of the Russian Federation and Ukraine, the agreements, the Ukrainian side to buy electricity from Russia and then delivers it to the Crimea. Purchases of electricity Ukraine carries out as needed. “Ukrinterenergo” reported that in the last Kiev resumed the purchase of electricity from Russia on November 1, after more than a month break. According to the “Inter RAO”, electricity exports to Ukraine in January-September 2015 amounted to 2.236 billion kWh, which is 50 times more than in the same period of 2014.

Supply of electricity from Ukraine in Crimea carried out in four power transmission lines (PTL). November 20 due to injuries were disabled two high-voltage lines. On Sunday, November 22, at 00.19 was off two more lines. Thus, the Crimea was completely without power supply from Ukraine.

The power consumption of the Crimea now stands at 750-800 MW during peak hours must be about 1100-1200 MW. Own generation peninsula on Monday morning provided approximately 366 MW of power. Of these, 21 MW betrayed Sevastopol CHP 5 MW – Reed-Burun CHP, CHP “Saki heat networks” – 15 MW and 49 MW – Simferopol TPP.

The power of the latter, as reported by RIA Novosti first deputy chairman of the board of “KrymTETs” Taras whole, will soon double. This will happen before the end of the week after the conclusion of the second turbine repair. It is more difficult with Reed-Burunskiy CHP in Kerch. The station first turbine being repaired, to be ended in December. As a result of Kerch with a population of 145 thousand people today feel the maximum deficit in energy supply.

Power standby power running in the Crimea, is produced in the amount of 232 MW, primarily spent on socially significant objects. Problems with the supply of fuel, have assured the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, will not be.

“the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of the Republic of Crimea and the Government of Sevastopol drawn up and approved the schedule of fuel supply backup power sources, defined and agreed petrol station. determine the constant back-and fueling of fuel and lubricants. Designed and coordinated schedules with suppliers of fuel replenishment of fuels and lubricants “, – said the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.

Another 34 MW wind generation provides the Crimea. Solar power plant in Crimea, according to the Ministry of Energy to 9.00 MSK Monday, the power is not produced.

The long-awaited energy bridge

On the recovery of damaged power lines in Ukraine, according to estimates of the Ministry of Energy of Russia, it will take several hours . However, the start of work is delayed because of opposition from the supporters of the blockade of the Crimea.

own generation and redundant power supplies to help hold the Crimea before entering the first stage of an energy bridge, at no time power outages still not enough, the director of the Energy Development Fund Sergey Pikin.

The first phase energy bridge from the Krasnodar Territory in the Crimea on the bottom of the Kerch Strait, according to the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov, scheduled for Dec. 22. Peninsula Energy Bridge provides an additional 400 MW of power. The second phase, the construction of which is scheduled to end next year, will increase capacity to 800 MW. In addition to the energy bridge is planned to build 940 MW of capacity by 2018 (two stations at 470 MW – in Simferopol and Sevastopol). The project implements the corporation “Rostec”.

According to the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov, to launch the first stage of an energy bridge, power Crimea are waiting for tough times. “We believe that we must prepare for the worst case, that this period will last until such time as will be laid the first line of energy bridge across the Kerch Strait, that is, December 22,” – said Aksenov on Monday.

In turn, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said Monday that addressed the issue of speeding up the construction of an energy bridge. “By mid-December acuteness of the problem of energy supply of the Crimea will be greatly reduced,” – said the federal official.

And it looks the best solution against the background of recent statements from Kiev. Acting director general of “Ukrenergo” Vsevolod Kovalchuk said at the briefing that the company will consider a draft decision that satisfies the demands of the blockade of the Crimea, who are willing to put the power engineering to damaged power lines only if the energy on them will not go to the island.

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