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Released March 14, 2022 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Russia's assault on Ukraine has resulted in countless moments of horror and human catastrophe that have been broadcast to the world via social media and foreign news outlets. Many have occurred near major power-generation facilities, underscoring the fragility of Ukraine's energy infrastructure--especially since it holds some of Europe's largest nuclear and hydropower facilities. Industrial Info is tracking more than $10 billion worth of projects across Ukraine that have been suspended or otherwise affected by the ongoing conflict with Russia, about half of which is attributed to the power-generation sector.
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing Ukraine's power-generation projects to be affected by the war, by fuel type.
Few moments from the ongoing conflict have shocked the world as much as Russia's attack last week on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the southern city of Enrgodar, which is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. While the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) initially said only a training building had been damaged, an analysis of security footage from NPR shows damage to the Unit 1 reactor building; the transformer at the Unit 6 reactor; and the spent fuel pad, which is used to store nuclear waste. A high-voltage line outside the plant also was hit.
Management at the Zaporizhzhia plant had been working on a turbine condenser replacement on Unit 1 prior to the attack, and were considering a 10-year life extension of the unit as well; both projects are now on hold. Management also had been considering a turbine condenser replacement on Unit 6 for this summer. Each unit has 1 gigawatt (GW) of capacity. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can read detailed project reports on the Unit 1 and Unit 6 turbine condenser replacements, and the Unit 1 life extension.
Although none of the reactors themselves were damaged, the video footage alarmed nuclear experts, according to NPR. One video indicates a Russian artillery shell might have landed on an elevated walkway leading toward the Unit 2 reactor building. Zaporizhzhia management had been considering a life extension project for Unit 2 in the coming years, but any progress has been halted. Subscribers can learn more from Industrial Info's project report.
The IAEA said Thursday that eight of Ukraine's 15 nuclear reactors remained operational, including two at Zaporizhzhia and three at the Rivne Nuclear Power Station in the northwestern city of Rovno, which is the largest nuclear plant still under Ukrainian control. Management at the Rivne plant had been hearing proposals for a possible fifth unit that would generate between 1 and 1.4 GW, which would be added to the facility's current designed capacity of 2.88 GW, but it is not known when, or if, these plans will resume. Subscribers can learn more in Industrial Info's project report.
Prior to Russia's invasion, Ukraine had been eyeing its nuclear power plants as possible locations for massive data centers that would house state documents and cryptocurrency operations. Energoatom, also called the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine, signed a memorandum of understanding with Bitfury Holding B.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands), a developer of blockchain technology, in October 2020 to build data centers at or near Ukrainian nuclear plants.
Earlier in 2020, the acting head of Ukraine's Ministry of Energy said the data centers could help the power providers find "additional sales markets for electricity produced by the nuclear power plants." At the time of the invasion, Energoatom had been seeking approval for the Energodar Data Center near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which would total about 200,000 square feet. Officials also had been considering a second phase that would have doubled the space, should the initial phase prove successful. Subscribers can read detailed project reports on the plans for Phase I and Phase II.
Hydropower Dams Also Sought by Russia
One of the first major power plants captured by Russian forces was the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant in southern Ukraine, about 60 miles north of the Crimean Peninsula, a region of Ukraine that Russia annexed in 2014 and has since held. A recent analysis from Politico concluded that if one of Ukraine's seven hydropower dams were to be hit by Russian firepower, the resulting collapse could flood huge areas below the dams. PJSC Ukrhydroenergo, Ukraine's largest hydro-generating company, had been considering a series of proposed modernization and life-extension projects to three 58.5-megawatt (MW) units at the Kakhovka facility, all of which are now on hold.
Ukrhydroenergo was considered the country's most profitable state-owned company in 2021, according to Ukrinform, the state-owned news agency of Ukraine. It had been exploring the possibility of building a smaller, 50-MW hydropower plant on the Dniester River, near the country's western border with Romania. But this project, which already had faced setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, also is on hold. Subscribers can read detailed project reports on Kakhovka's modernizations of Unit 4, Unit 5 and Unit 6, and the proposed plant on the Dniester River.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: LinkedIn.
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing Ukraine's power-generation projects to be affected by the war, by fuel type.Few moments from the ongoing conflict have shocked the world as much as Russia's attack last week on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the southern city of Enrgodar, which is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. While the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) initially said only a training building had been damaged, an analysis of security footage from NPR shows damage to the Unit 1 reactor building; the transformer at the Unit 6 reactor; and the spent fuel pad, which is used to store nuclear waste. A high-voltage line outside the plant also was hit.
Management at the Zaporizhzhia plant had been working on a turbine condenser replacement on Unit 1 prior to the attack, and were considering a 10-year life extension of the unit as well; both projects are now on hold. Management also had been considering a turbine condenser replacement on Unit 6 for this summer. Each unit has 1 gigawatt (GW) of capacity. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can read detailed project reports on the Unit 1 and Unit 6 turbine condenser replacements, and the Unit 1 life extension.
Although none of the reactors themselves were damaged, the video footage alarmed nuclear experts, according to NPR. One video indicates a Russian artillery shell might have landed on an elevated walkway leading toward the Unit 2 reactor building. Zaporizhzhia management had been considering a life extension project for Unit 2 in the coming years, but any progress has been halted. Subscribers can learn more from Industrial Info's project report.
The IAEA said Thursday that eight of Ukraine's 15 nuclear reactors remained operational, including two at Zaporizhzhia and three at the Rivne Nuclear Power Station in the northwestern city of Rovno, which is the largest nuclear plant still under Ukrainian control. Management at the Rivne plant had been hearing proposals for a possible fifth unit that would generate between 1 and 1.4 GW, which would be added to the facility's current designed capacity of 2.88 GW, but it is not known when, or if, these plans will resume. Subscribers can learn more in Industrial Info's project report.
Prior to Russia's invasion, Ukraine had been eyeing its nuclear power plants as possible locations for massive data centers that would house state documents and cryptocurrency operations. Energoatom, also called the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine, signed a memorandum of understanding with Bitfury Holding B.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands), a developer of blockchain technology, in October 2020 to build data centers at or near Ukrainian nuclear plants.
Earlier in 2020, the acting head of Ukraine's Ministry of Energy said the data centers could help the power providers find "additional sales markets for electricity produced by the nuclear power plants." At the time of the invasion, Energoatom had been seeking approval for the Energodar Data Center near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which would total about 200,000 square feet. Officials also had been considering a second phase that would have doubled the space, should the initial phase prove successful. Subscribers can read detailed project reports on the plans for Phase I and Phase II.
Hydropower Dams Also Sought by Russia
One of the first major power plants captured by Russian forces was the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant in southern Ukraine, about 60 miles north of the Crimean Peninsula, a region of Ukraine that Russia annexed in 2014 and has since held. A recent analysis from Politico concluded that if one of Ukraine's seven hydropower dams were to be hit by Russian firepower, the resulting collapse could flood huge areas below the dams. PJSC Ukrhydroenergo, Ukraine's largest hydro-generating company, had been considering a series of proposed modernization and life-extension projects to three 58.5-megawatt (MW) units at the Kakhovka facility, all of which are now on hold.
Ukrhydroenergo was considered the country's most profitable state-owned company in 2021, according to Ukrinform, the state-owned news agency of Ukraine. It had been exploring the possibility of building a smaller, 50-MW hydropower plant on the Dniester River, near the country's western border with Romania. But this project, which already had faced setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, also is on hold. Subscribers can read detailed project reports on Kakhovka's modernizations of Unit 4, Unit 5 and Unit 6, and the proposed plant on the Dniester River.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: LinkedIn.
