There will be no electricity for 3-5 days in a row: even with minimal frost down to −5 degrees Celsius, electricity will be provided only for 30-60 minutes, - expert Oleg Popenko.
Even a light frost of up to 5°C will dramatically increase power consumption, which will create an additional load on the damaged power system.
In the most difficult conditions, outages can last 3-5 days in a row, and the light will only return for half an hour or an hour.
Energy facilities and networks were damaged due to Russian attacks. The lack of TPP and HPP capacities makes it difficult to cover peak consumption.
Even operating nuclear power plants will not be spared from long-term outages if damaged substations and lines do not allow power to be transmitted to consumers.
Prolonged power outages threaten not only the lack of light. There may be interruptions in water supply, heating and sewage, especially in high-rise buildings.
In the picture, this is what TPPs look like now after a massive attack.
Ukraine online.