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I have a friend who works for a major power company in the US. They told me there are severe supply chain issues that are making it difficult to order new repla
by throwaway742 4y ago
I have a friend who works for a major power company in the US. They told me there are severe supply chain issues that are making it difficult to order new replacement parts for electrical infrastructure. As critical infrastructure they do have stockpiles of replacement parts, but they are limited. I wonder how long Ukraine can sustain these repairs.
- baq 4y agoThis is a topic that’s come up before, pre war. One can hope some of those help packages will be used to bring up grid equipment factories.
- paganel 4y agoOne of the major issues with the Ukraine power infrastructure is that it was set up back in the day by the, well, Soviets, which means most of the equipment dates from Soviet times, which also means most of the repairs/replacement work can only be done by factories located in the former USSR. Most of those factories are now located in present-day Russia, which is where the major problem comes from. Speaking of this, I'm not sure how the three Baltic states handle this. Granted, they're way smaller compared to Ukraine and they had at least 20 years (since their NATO accession) to try and untangle themselves from all that, but until now I haven't seen any article written on this subject.
- Sakos 4y agoFor an example I looked into Poland: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%C5%82chat%C3%B3w_Power_Station https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%C5%82chat%C3%B3w_Power_St... Apparently to some degree they've been modernizing through the help of Western energy companies like Alstom. I have no idea how widespread this is though.