The state-owned operator of the Ukrainian transmission network is planning to test Ukrainian nuclear power plants this summer in preparation for their planned connection to the Ensto-E (European Network of Transmission System Operators) European energy system.

Ukrenergo acting head Vladimir Kudritsky said during an online press conference that the organisation is cooperating closely with state nuclear operator Energoatom and hopes to reach a conclusion on the possibility of Entso-E integration by the end of the first half of 2021.

“After that, in 2022, the system should be tested in isolated mode, that is, the mode in which the system will be physically disconnected from the systems of the Russian Federation and Belarus,” Mr Kudritsky said.