{"id":578213,"date":"2026-03-22T14:08:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T12:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/03\/578213\/energy-island-is-working-kim-explained-how-our-region-is-supplying-electricity-to-mykolaiv-and-other-regions\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T14:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T12:08:35","slug":"energy-island-is-working-kim-explained-how-our-region-is-supplying-electricity-to-mykolaiv-and-other-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/03\/578213\/energy-island-is-working-kim-explained-how-our-region-is-supplying-electricity-to-mykolaiv-and-other-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"\"Energy island\" is working: Kim explained how our region is supplying electricity to Mykolaiv and other regions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite constant shelling and proximity to the front line, Mykolaiv Oblast<\/strong> continues to build energy resilience, working on economic recovery and regional security. This, in an interview with “Ukrinform”, said<\/a> the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration Vitaliy Kim<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to him, preparations for possible energy crises in the region began back in 2022<\/strong> \u2014 immediately after the start of the full-scale invasion. In particular, they strengthened the protection of critical infrastructure, implemented alternative power sources, stockpiled generators and changed approaches to heating. The regional chief noted that even despite strict power outage schedules, when electricity was sometimes supplied for only 2\u20134 hours a day, they managed to get through the winter without large-scale disruptions.<\/p>\n

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“Mykolaiv region is very energy-surplus: we generate about four gigawatts while the demand is 300 megawatts<\/strong>. So we supply electricity to other regions”, – explained Vitaliy Kim<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One of the key solutions was the implementation of the so-called “energy island<\/strong>” \u2014 a system that allows critical infrastructure facilities to be powered autonomously using alternative sources.<\/p>\n

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“I can say that the “island” works. This is the result of cooperation between authorities, enterprises and international partners. We have already tested this system, we launched it twice<\/strong> \u2013 when, as a result of shelling, there was a threat of heating shutdown across all of Mykolaiv<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Now it allows us to cover 65% of the city’s critical infrastructure during blackouts<\/strong>, and we want to raise this figure to 91<\/strong> percent”, – the head of the Regional Military Administration detailed the operation of this system.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to the official, plans are now to increase the share of alternative generation \u2014 in particular solar and wind energy \u2014 and to improve the transmission of electricity from the region to Mykolaiv<\/strong>, since there are still technical difficulties in this system. Thus, despite the war, the region is trying not only to survive but also to form the basis for energy independence in the future.<\/p>\n

Earlier we wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n