Despite a difficult start, Centrenergo managed to increase its own capacity and ensure a stable heating season despite the war. This was stated by Yevhen Harkavyi, Technical Director of Centrenergo, during a telethon, UNN reported .
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According to him, Ukraine has survived blackouts, without power outages, and despite the predictions of some experts, we have survived the winter with light and heat.
This winter was a real challenge. russian missile attacks damaged about 40% of the equipment at our thermal power plants. We also understood that the enemy would continue to destroy Ukraine's energy facilities. (...) The situation we started with threatened to disrupt the heating season
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At the same time, he emphasized that the power engineers managed to improve the company's operations, adjust the repair program, and even increase the company's capacity sixfold.
The last time Centrenergo operated with such capacities was 10 years ago, before the war started. Our warehouses are full of coal and we have fully met the needs of our TPPs
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