New wind power plants in Ukraine: the Russian Federation will need dozens of missiles for their destruction - NYT
During the 15 months of a full -scale war, Russia has sought to arrange a full blackout in Ukraine, attacking countless missiles and NPPs, HPPs, dams and substations. Recently built wind generators near the Black Sea are only a few kilometers from Russian artillery, but according to representatives of Ukraine, they are more securely protected compared to other objects of the power grid.
One rocket is enough to cause serious damage to the power plant and disable it, but with regard to the whole wind farm - with a hundred winds, equidistant at a safe distance from each other - dozens of rockets will be required. The wind farm can be disrupted by damaging the transformer substation or transmission lines, but their repair is not so complicated.
According to Maxim Timchenko, the CEO of DTEK, which built the turbines of a new Tiligul Wind Power Plant in the Nikolaev area (the first stage in the creation of the largest chicken farm in Eastern Europe) is "our response to the Russians. " "It is the most profitable and, as we now understand, the safest type of electricity," he explained. Russian troops seized the territory where the bulk of Ukrainian electricity is concentrated.
Under their control is the largest electric generator of Ukraine with a capacity of 5700 MW - Zaporizhzhya NPP, which has been injured during the occupation and has already been disconnected from the Ukrainian power grid. The Russians also control 90% of renewable power plants in the southeast. Anna Zasazieva, Head of the State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving, stated that the war is accelerating everything.
However, it is estimated that Ukraine's planned transition to renewable energy will depend on Western investment and success in the battlefield. In December, the Center for Strategic and International Studies noted that the development of renewable energy sector, including wind and solar, depends on whether Ukraine will be able to return these territories. Large wind turbines of the Tiligul power plant were installed by the Danish company Vestas. They weigh 800 tons.
The first appeared in February 2022, after the start of a full -scale invasion of DOPCC froze. In August, a representative of the company Yevgeny Moroz received a request from the project manager for whether the continuation of work without foreign contractors that was evacuated is possible. "I began to call the guys I worked with to find out where they are, which contractors are still working, whether there are cranes in Ukraine that would lift a hundred -concrete cargo," he said.
Only one was found, and he needed repair. But this crane was the only hope. The builders were modified and called "little dragon". This began construction. The workers began construction one hundred kilometers from the front line, every time the sirens were included, they had to run to the shelter. The rockets flew over the heads of Russian ships flew over their heads. Winged rockets fly below the wind turbines, trying not to get on the radars.
The head of the Nikolaev Ova Vitaliy Kim called the construction of this power plant some signal that it is still possible to do something during the war. "Such projects should exist for the independence of our country," he said. It should be reminded that to protect the objects of generation at power plants in Ukraine set aircraft. The Chinese wind turbine, which is considered the most powerful in the world, has also been reported. It is estimated that it can provide electricity to 20,000 homes.