About 20 plants Kiev ready thirty percent reduce power consumption
About 20 industrial plants Kiev agreed to a 30% reduction of energy consumption, they have signed an appropriate agreement with the Kyiv city administration, Inspectorate of state power and " Kyivenergo ", said the first day of the week, the press service of Kyiv city state administration.
in connection with the deterioration of the energy balance due to the scarcity of fuel in thermal power plants the city government together with " Kyivenergo " made a conclusion about the necessity of saving energy at the level of industrial and domestic clients.
" to provide energy savings in the need for the city scale is impossible without the active participation of the capital of entrepreneurs. We rely on their good will and social responsibility, which has the ability to be converted into the energy savings at the level of 30%, " - said the Deputy head of city administration Petr Panteleyev.
in the list of the major activities under the agreement, includes reducing the consumption of electrical energy by the signatories to 30% from the existing level of daily energy consumption and reduce electricity consumption during peak hours. It is proposed to apply such technical measures as reducing loads from lighting, heat shields, animation, indoor and outdoor advertising, and other energy-consuming equipment.
According to Panteleeva, the document is intended to reduce the risk of using graphs emergency shutdown from power, but its effectiveness depends on how many plants will take socially oriented position and provide the necessary savings. The agreement is open For subsequent signing.
in early winter the Ukrainian authorities used right off the inhabitants from electricity because of the lack of capacity associated with a shortage of coal. Coal shortage was due to the destruction of mines in the Donbass because of the conflict. In previous years, Ukraine was the exporter as coal and electricity. Before the new year, Minenergo stated that he agreed about the import of electricity and coal, which will enable the authorities to protect outages.