Crimea will receive an additional 80 diesel generators of 1 MW each, said the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov.

"To provide electricity to the Republic will take all possible measures. For example, we study the issue of marine engines For the generation of electric power in the port cities. Also the Russian government is ready to put in the Crimea 80 diesel generators with a capacity of 1 megawatt each " - quoted expression Aksenova his press service.

in addition, the head of the Crimea has made the initiative to create the program of preferential crediting of industrial plants For the acquisition of Autonomous diesel generators, as well as ordered to study the mechanism of compensation of the Crimean commodity producers for losses suffered as a result of disconnection from energy supply.

The Crimea in the night of Sunday was completely de-energized because of the erosion in the South Ukraine transmission towers supplying electricity to the Peninsula. According to the information of EMERCOM of Russia, over the supply of electricity from the integrated grid of Ukraine For the Crimean outlet on interstate line VL-330 kV " Melitopol-Dzhankoy and Kakhovka-Ostrovskaya ".

in the region introduced a state of emergency until full power is restored. Important infrastructure and social facilities of Crimea after the cessation of supplies from Ukraine were connected to emergency power sources, and among them generators.

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