Ukraine Bets on Wind Power to Shield Grid from Russia’s Relentless Energy Strikes

Fitting the wind turbines into the grid is also a challenge.

Since the war began, Ukraine has heavily leaned on its three active nuclear plants to provide its base load of energy – the minimum level of power needed to meet demand over a given period, with its largest nuclear plant under Russian occupation.

The coal and gas-fired plants designed to cover peak loads – when demand is greater – have suffered heavy damage in Russian strikes, heaping pressure on weather-dependent renewables.

For renewables to be able to cover peak consumption, there needs to be “significant investment in energy storage systems,” Hlib Vyshlinsky, director of Kyiv’s Centre for Economic Strategy, told AFP.

Source: Kyivpost.

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