It will be possible to rebuild the Kakhovka HPP in 6-7 years after deoccupation

Kakhovka HPP will be able to be rebuilt after deoccupation in 6-7 years / Photo: Screenshot from the video

The Kakhovka hydroelectric power station destroyed by the Russians can be rebuilt 6-7 years after deoccupation.

This was reported by the general director of Ukrhydroenergo PJSC Ihor Syrota.

«According to preliminary calculations, it is possible to rebuild the station in 6-7 years, but before that, as I already mentioned, it is necessary to de-occupy the territory, and then we will be able to drain the place where the explosion took place, carry out a survey, dismantle the destroyed buildings and structures of the Kakhovka hydroelectric unit», he declared.

According to him, it is possible to begin the direct reconstruction of the station only after that. The general director emphasized that it is currently difficult to say what the station will be like after de-occupation, because «currently, without an examination, we do not know how critical the situation is with the structures themselves and the erosion of the bottom.»

According to the latest calculations of Ukrhydroenergo, the average annual indicator of unearned income from the sale of electric energy and auxiliary services due to the destruction of the hydroelectric power plant is 138 million dollars.

It is noted that the company plans to file a lawsuit against Russia at the International Court of Arbitration for lost profits and the cost of building and restoring the station. The preliminary amount is about 2.5 billion dollars.

Earlier, the mayor of Nova Kakhovka, Volodymyr Kovalenko, said that due to Russians undermining the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant, the left bank of the Dnipro will become a «zone without life» in 3-5 years.

It should be noted that exactly one year ago, on June 6, Russian troops blew up the Kakhovka HPP. Volodymyr Kovalenko notes that as of today, on the left bank of the Dnipro, groundwater has fallen by more than 10 meters. In addition, the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station caused changes in the microclimate of the region.