US is amazed at how quickly Ukrainians are restoring power grids after attacks of Russian Federation, - Minister of Energy, Granholm
As reported by Censor.NET with reference to Ukrinform, US Energy Minister Jennifer Granholm stated this.
"I know that President Zelensky has really expressed a desire to have a different power grid. A distributed grid that runs on clean energy, but is also not so centralized as to be a target. And this is very inspiring... We are now in the process of sending the third tranche of equipment to Ukraine so that they can replace what was damaged. But at the end of the day, in the long term, we have to fulfill the president's goals of creating a distributed electric grid so that if one area goes down, it doesn't bring down an entire region," Granholm said.
The U.S. is expected to send a third tranche of aid to restore power grids that continue to be targeted by Russian attacks in early March.
"There will be a third tranche, which we will send at the beginning of March. And these funds, of course, help. But what impressed us is how quickly Ukrainians use what we send to resume work as soon as possible. It is truly breathtaking: such resilience and quick execution of tasks by those working on the network. And we will continue to help in whatever way we can," the minister said.
She emphasized that she is personally in contact with the Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Halushchenko and feels the desire of the Ukrainian side for constant cooperation and implementation of relevant plans.
"The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is creating roadmaps for countries that have expressed interest in transitioning to 100 percent renewable, 100 percent clean, carbon-free energy. And we want to work with Ukraine, which has expressed a desire to do this, to provide technical roadmaps on how to achieve this," said Granholm.
