Mykolaiv’s boiler plants are without power: generators will be started from scratch
While it’s still above freezing outside, backup power is considered too expensive
Generators for Mykolaiv’s boiler houses will be switched on during power outages when the air temperature drops to zero degrees or below. At the current above-zero temperatures, starting them is considered inadvisable, so the boiler houses shut down when power is unavailable.
The reason for this decision was explained by Mykola Logvinov, director of Mykolaivoblteploenergo, at a staff meeting on Monday, November 9. Diesel fuel makes backup power too expensive: according to his estimate, running generators for the boiler houses would add 15 million hryvnias in monthly expenses for the company.
“We need 65 tonnes of diesel for half a month; we’re currently working out how to optimize the process,” Mykola Logvinov explained.
The meeting also noted that while the boiler houses are idle, the heating water in buildings cools down. Residents are not charged for the period during which a boiler house is out of operation.
On Saturday, parts of Mykolaiv were already left without heating after electricity to the Mykolaiv CHP was cut off. The plant had to be restarted. Residents complained en masse about the lack of heat, and temperatures in apartments fell to 11 degrees.
We previously reported:
- Heating during power outages: Mykolaiv boiler house prepared for autonomous operation
- Heat during blackouts: six generators delivered to boiler houses in Mykolaiv region
- “The city has heat, water and electricity, although there are occasional partial outages,” says the director of Mykolaivoblteploenergo
- “The radiators are just ice. And they promised us…”: Korabelnyi residents on the lack of heating in their apartments
- Just a little more, and Mykolaiv’s boiler houses will shine like the EU’s solar panels
