REFERENCE: Clause 11-2 - Energy and Import Restoration (Part II)

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https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-crimea-power-supply-electricity-explainer/27384812.html

At around 4:30 a.m. on November 20 (2015), separate distress signals indicated that power lines that carry electricity from mainland Ukraine into the annexed Crimean peninsula had been damaged ... Ukrenergo claims the peninsula is critically dependent on Ukrainian supplies. The company claims that Ukraine supplies Crimea with 650 megawatts of electricity daily, while the peninsula requires 900-950.

 

https://www.rbth.com/multimedia/infographics/2015/12/15/energy-bridge-between-krasnodar-territory-and-crimea_551125

The second line of 'energy bridge' between Krasnodar Territory and the Crimean peninsula was launched on Dec. 15. The first segment was started up in early December. Another two lines of the energy bridge from Russia are due to be commissioned in May 2016 to enlarge the total power capacity to 1,300 megawatts, excluding electricity flow from Ukraine.

 

https://www.oilandgasiq.com/oil-and-gas-production-and-operations/articles/crimea-russia-natural-gas-power-oil-and-gas

Crimea’s gas supply comes directly through Ukrainian territory, in fact, 65 per cent of the gas stream entering the Autonomous Republic is controlled by a single Ukrainian subsidiary ... Although 2013 saw the completion of the of the 69.7 megawatt peak (MWp) Nikolayevka Solar Park in the Simferopol region which would cover almost seven per cent of the peninsula’s electricity needs, this graphic shows that Crimea is heavily dependent on Ukrainian power generation to meet its electricity demands. More than 80 per cent of Crimea’s electricity is imported from two cities in the southern part of the country, Kherson and Melitopol.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea#Energy

Crimea has 540 MW of its own electricity generation capacity, including the 100 MW Simferopol Thermal Power Plant, the 22 MW Sevastopol Thermal Power Plant and the 19 MW Kamish-Burunskaya Thermal Power Plant. This local electricity generation has proven insufficient for local consumption, and since annexation by Russia, Crimea has been reliant on an underwater power cable to mainland Russia.

 

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/fact-check-russia-did-not-cut-submarine-cable-when-it-invaded-crimea/

The only submarine cable to Crimea is the Kerch Strait Cable, which in 2014 was newly installed by Russia's state-owned Rostelecom. This comes from Russia, who would not need to cut it. It Russia wanted to deactivate it, they could simply switch it off.

 

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