The head of the Ministry: the power system of the Crimea suffered no injury because of the blackout
The power system of the Crimea suffered no injury as a result, the de-energizing of transmission lines from Ukraine, told reporters the head of the Ministry of fuel and energy of the Peninsula Sergey Egorov.
on the first day weekend in the South of Ukraine Were damaged the power lines supplying energy to the Crimea. In the night of Sunday in the Ukrainian interior Ministry said that the feet of the first damaged power lines blown up. The supply of electricity from Ukraine Were completely finished, almost the entire Peninsula was de-energized. Important infrastructure and social facilities of Crimea have Been connected to the emergency source. In addition, on-site generation has allowed to provide a partial supply in some areas of the Crimea, for example in Simferopol.
"The power system of the Crimea suffered no injury. There were some problems at night, currently the thermal power plants are gaining power, " said Egorov.
the head of the Ministry noted that the Crimean energy system was ready for what happened emergency situation and recalled that a Similar incident happened almost a year earlier.
Yegorov said that currently own generation in the Peninsula is in operation and in total can produce up to 80 megawatts. He has supplemented his words by the fact that work is using alternative energy, and power of about 270 megawatts of mobile gas turbine power plants. In addition, Important infrastructure and social facilities of the Crimean Federal district have been switched to backup power sources.