“Two cogeneration plants are already in operation, and three are undergoing commissioning”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to him, two are already working, and commissioning work is being carried out on three.
Panteleev noted that their total capacity is 66 megawatts, but this will not cover the consumption of the entire city in winter, the work of these stations is aimed at revitalizing individual critical infrastructure facilities.
“We are still buying more, now we see the risks – the gas infrastructure is being hit. In our opinion, differentiation is needed. We have ordered a 20 megawatt diesel power plant… We plan to launch it in March,” he said at a briefing.
According to Panteleev, the installations are being built immediately in protective structures.
A cogeneration plant simultaneously produces electricity and heat from a single fuel source. Kyiv announced a tender for the purchase of 15 cogeneration plants as early as 2024. December 31, 2025 was specified as the deadline for delivery of goods, performance of works or provision of services.
As Petro Panteleev stated in an interview with hromadske, these gas-piston plants – mini CHP plants – are means of backup power for critical infrastructure facilities.
“There is a large heat supply station (roughly speaking, a large boiler house) – when the electricity is turned off, it stops. And there is no such power of generators to revive it. Accordingly, this mini-CHP works so that this large boiler room works. And she can distribute the rest of the electricity to nearby houses,” he said.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Yulia Svyridenko, speaking in the parliament, said that if there are no massive Russian attacks, then from the evening of January 15, there will be an improvement in the electricity supply schedule in Kyiv.