Data | |
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Installed capacity (2020) | 54.5 [1] |
Institutions | |
Responsibility for transmission | Ukrenergo |
The electricity sector in Ukraine is an important part of energy in Ukraine. Most electricity generation is nuclear.[2] The bulk of Energoatom output is sold to the government's "guaranteed buyer" to keep prices more stable for domestic customers.[3][4] Zaporizhzhia is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Until the 2010s all of Ukraine's nuclear fuel came from Russia, but now most does not.[5]
Some electricity infrastructure was destroyed in the Russo-Ukrainian War,[6][7] but wind farms and solar power are thought to be resilient because they are distributed.[8] As of 2024 about 1.7 GW can be imported from other European countries and it is hoped to increase this interconnection to 2 GW, but that will not be enough to cover peak demand.[2][9] Many small gas-turbine generators are being installed to reduce the blackouts being caused by Russian attacks.[9]