Russian occupiers not to supply electricity from Zaporizhia NPP to Crimea due to lack of network infrastructure – Ukrenergo

Russian occupiers will not be able to supply electricity from Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), which they control so far, to Crimea due to the lack of network infrastructure, Volodymyr Kudrytsky, head of NPC Ukrenergo, said.

"Connecting something to the Crimea, for example, Zaporizhia NPP is technically a story from the category of launching spacecraft into space using a catapult. There is no such line that is called ZNPP-Crimea or ZNPP-Dzhankoi. Crimea is not directly connected with ZNPP by network infrastructure. It was technically impossible to supply something to Crimea from Zaporizhia NPP even before synchronization, and after it, it is the more technically impossible," he told at a press conference on Thursday.

"If some 'talented Kulibins' from Russia are thinking about it, if there are such plans, then they are absolutely unrealistic," the Ukrenergo head assured.

Kudrytsky also said that at present Zaporizhia NPP is generating 1.5 GW of power through two transmission lines, and the company intends to repair one of the damaged lines to increase the plant's output to 2 GW.

"Of course, the network infrastructure that connects ZNPP with the power grid is damaged. We plan to start restoration work in the near future in those places where the situation will allow it and where, at a minimum, the absence of hostilities will be ensured," he said.

In turn, Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko again emphasized that Russian troops should leave the ZNPP territory and, thereby, stop "nuclear terrorism," for which the aggressor country in will have to answer to Ukraine and the world community the future.

As reported, Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant was captured by Russian troops on March 4. As of Thursday morning, Zaporizhia NPP lost the ability to deliver power through three out of five transmission lines.

Source: www.en.interfax.com.ua