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Who Will Restore the Power Grid: Why the Sector is Losing the Battle for Youth
Электроэнергетика 09.06.2026 16:22
While Ukraine restores its energy infrastructure after massive attacks, another problem is becoming increasingly visible — a human resources crisis. This is not just about a shortage of people, but a deficit of specialists capable of working with complex infrastructure under constant risk and high responsibility.
The Shadow Megawatt: Lost Electricity, Non-Public Orders, and Who Pays for Market Narrowing
Электроэнергетика 03.06.2026 10:39
Imagine a market where the largest seller hides the lion's share of their goods under the counter, and buyers are forced to fight over the remains at much higher prices. This is not a dystopian scenario; it is the reality of the Ukrainian wholesale electricity market. While European countries develop transparent, organized markets, semi-secret orders operate in Ukraine, allowing millions of kilowatt-hours to bypass the cash register, resulting in some of the highest wholesale prices in Europe.
The 10 Percent Trap: Why Supreme Court Rulings Shook Up the Energy Market
Электроэнергетика 01.06.2026 14:45
The public procurement market of electricity for budgetary institutions has found itself in the tight grip of strict judicial practice. Resonant rulings by the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court have conclusively restricted the ability to raise contract prices, capping increases at a hard limit of 10%. Whether this scenario could have been predicted, why the gas market experience proved prophetic for the power sector, and what legal formula-based tools remain available to suppliers today—we break it all down in this article.
Forty Years After Chornobyl: Has Energoatom Learned Its Safety Lessons?
Электроэнергетика 26.05.2026 15:20
The 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster passed with the traditional speeches, but has the true lesson of the accident—safety culture—become the foundation of the modern nuclear industry? While official figures report successes, experts observe a troubling trend: a strategic enterprise that spent years moving toward transparency is once again closing itself off. Why is opacity in the nuclear power sector not just a matter of management, but a direct threat to safety, and how can the supervisory board change this?