TPP in Dnepropetrovsk was on the verge of stopping due to lack of coal

Pridneprovskaya TPP that supply heat and electricity to the residents of the left Bank of Dnepropetrovsk, was on the verge of shutdown due to lack of coal, informs the press service of the largest energy organization of Ukraine, DTEK, the management station.

" Today the station is on the verge of stopping. In the operation of one unit with a capacity of 150 megawatts, which is the minimum load and supports the delivery of heat to the inhabitants of the left Bank of Kiev. In stock now 3, 5 thousand tons of coal. This number of fuel will last until Thursday, January 22. In mode a catastrophic shortage of fuel station he worked for four months. We have exhausted all resources available to us ", - the press service quoted the Director of Pridneprovskaya TPP Andrey Nikolaev.

according to the press service, in the case of stopping the operation of the station about five hundred thousand households will be able to stay without light, and thirty percent of the residents of Dnipropetrovsk - without heat. At the same time, the Company hopes that the Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine will take delivery of coal from the Donets basin.

the organization said that in the absence of coal decided to burn the gas, regardless of its scarcity and high cost. According to the organization, the production of electricity from gas will cost in 2, 5 times more expensive than from coal." We take on their own shoulders the additional load and additional losses, but citizens in the winter will be provided with warmth, " quotes the press service of the word of Nikolaev.

first of Kiev many times declared concentration in warehouses Ukrainian coal plants in the area of conflict in the Donbass about 3 million tons of coal, which is impossible to take in connection with the destruction of the railway tracks and the conduct of hostilities.


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