| Despite the fact that the Ukrainian
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| | develop its power industry, and that the
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| Constitution declared Ukraine to be a
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| | water moderated reactors in rigid
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| unitary state, the country has an
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| | housings posed no serious threat to the
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| autonomous region to the south. This
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| | environment.
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| autonomous region is Crimea. The Crimea
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| | However, the nuclear power plant was put
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| peninsula is very different in both
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| | up for sale, and Crimea entered a
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| economic and political terms when
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| | lingering period of electricity deficit.
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| compared to the other regions in Ukraine.
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| | Many Crimeans suffered a fall in the
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| But the Crimean power industry and its
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| | standard of living not only because of
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| problems closely resemble many countries
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| | dissolution of the Soviet Union, but also
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| that soon regretted their hasty decisions
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| | because of continuous energy deficit.
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| on shutting down nuclear generation
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| | Environmentalists fought for the
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| projects.
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| | alternative solar and wind plants. The
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| The local electricity output in Crimea
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| | solar power plant at Scholkino first
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| accounts for less than ten percent of the
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| | generated electricity in September 1985,
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| total electricity generation, and the
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| | but was shut down forever in September
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| peninsula could not possibly satisfy its
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| | 1994. Its mirrors are now almost
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| own demand for power. Crimea receives
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| | incapable of reflecting light. During its
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| electricity generated by the Ukrainian
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| | nine years of operation, the solar plant
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| mainland power stations, transmitted
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| | generated 2GWh of electricity, although
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| along four lines to the region. These
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| | the project was supposed to ensure an
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| transmission lines are:
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| | annual output of 5.6GWh.
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| • 330 kV Melitopol - Simferopol. -
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| | The wind power plant is currently under
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| Major line that provides about 350-450 MW
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| | construction. Of the 20 turbine towers
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| and covers up to forty percent of
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| | planned, the 12 towers of the Aktash wind
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| autumn-winter peak power demand in Crimea
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| | power plant have already been built. The
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| • 330 kV Kakhovka - Krasnoperekopsk
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| | plant at Aktash has a total capacity of
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| -Dzhankoi.
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| | 4MW, and it will be a constituent part of
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| • 330 kV Kakhovka - Dzhankoi.
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| | the Eastern Crimea Wind Power System,
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| • 220 kV Kakhovka - Ostrovskoye.
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| | which is due to have hundreds of turbine
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| Their total transmission capacity is
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| | towers to generate 500MW for the Crimea
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| limited to less than 1.3 GW, whereas the
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| | Grid. Eleven turbine towers are installed
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| maximum demand for electrical power in
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| | in Donuzlav. Provision has been made for
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| Crimea was about 1.5 GW in 1993.
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| | the installation of turbine towers in the
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| As can be seen, the first-mentioned line
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| | Arabat and Sudak sites. A 1.2 MW windmill
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| is overloaded and the next three pass
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| | was commissioned at Saki in 2006. The
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| through Kakhovka. The Kakhovka lines from
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| | activity around the wind and solar power
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| time to time face threat of flooding from
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| | projects may give some greens comfort to
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| water storage formerly intended for
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| | think Crimea will be energy sufficient in
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| servicing the Crimean Soda Plant. In some
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| | the nearest future, but that is nothing
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| cases, the transmission poles are only
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| | short of self-delusion when you decide to
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| 40-50 meters from the affected areas. The
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| | compare wind and solar figures with the
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| poles have been in service for periods
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| | real demand for electricity.
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| ranging between 20 and 40 years, and are
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| | The central Ukrainian government has
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| said to have very low margins of safety.
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| | decided to tackle the problem by
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| Should anything happen to any single
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| | improving the transmission capacity from
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| pole, then Crimea would suffer a severe
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| | mainland Ukraine to Crimea and by
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| electricity shortage.
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| | increasing local generation capacity to
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| When it was part of the former USSR,
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| | 400 MW over the coming four years. Today,
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| Crimea tried to solve the energy supply
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| | the electricity demand and consumption
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| problem through implementation of the
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| | are actually much lower than those in
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| Energy City Project in Scholkino, where
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| | early 1990s, but the consumption
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| three power plants (nuclear, wind and
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| | increased by 30 percent in 2006 and is
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| solar) were planned. More than a quarter
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| | expected to exceed its historical maximum
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| of century has passed since construction
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| | of 9 TWh in 2010 without considering any
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| of the nuclear power plant commenced
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| | sizable investment into the Crimean
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| (1976), and eighteen years since
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| | resort industry. On the other hand, the
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| construction was terminated in 1989. The
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| | Crimean authorities are planning to build
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| former USSR government invested about 550
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| | a large network of medium-quality hotels
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| mln. rubles or more in the project, i.e.
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| | in the near future. What will
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| around US$600 in prices of 1980/84. The
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| | environmentalists say in 2010s, when all
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| 4GW project, as in many countries, fell
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| | the air conditioners in the Crimean
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| victim to environmental concerns. Many
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| | hotels will work in the summer and
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| nuclear power experts said that this
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| | heaters in the winter?
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| plant would be able to allow Crimea to
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