Генерацію заганяють у кут

06.11.2026, 09:20◉ 03 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

Уряд заявив про 1,8 ГВт нової газової генерації, а працює лише близько 700 МВт. Коли держава говорить про критичну інфраструктуру, енергетика в цьому переліку стоїть першою і це справедливо.

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However, as soon as the conversation moves from the general wording to the price of gas, calculations for the produced energy, insurance or protection of stations, private generation falls out of the list imperceptibly. Although it works in the same conditions and for the same consumers as state facilities.

The reality is that of the 1.8 GW of new gas generation declared by the government, about 700 MW is operating, and more than a gigawatt is unconnected. The reason is primarily in the conditions created by the state for those who would have to launch this technique.

In the spring, the government changed the terms of gas supply for electricity producers. Some stations have lost access to fuel at a regulated price. On the market, gas costs UAH 25 thousand per thousand cubic meters. m and becomes more expensive faster than the company recalculates the cost.

Details

Fuel is the bulk of the cost per megawatt hour. Under such conditions, no financial director is able to draw up a budget even for the heating season, let alone a business plan with which to come to the bank.

I have long been talking about the weighted average price of UAH 21 thousand per thousand cubic meters. This is not a benefit, but the level at which the station can operate and buy fuel for the season. This price should be fixed for at least one to three years.

Context

Companies that are members of our association build and operate gas piston and cogeneration plants with a capacity of up to several tens of megawatts. They are located next to consumers and feed hospitals, water utilities and residential neighborhoods during the hours when the centralized power supply disappears after the blows.

The peak of gas consumption occurs in January and February, when strikes on production and gas infrastructure can change the balance overnight. If the gas is first restricted to CHP and cogeneration plants on a frosty evening after the impact, the system will save cubic meters, but lose megawatts and gigacalories in cities with a damaged network.

What's next

The stations execute the commands of the dispatcher and in the hours of shortage, the price on the balancing market can reach the limit of 17 thousand UAH per MWh. However, a high price doesn't matter much when the money arrives in months or not at all. Gas for the next month must be paid for now, and no company can finance the system operator for years with funds that will depreciate during this time.