In Ukraine, distributed renewables foil Russia's assaults

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Economists estimate that total damage to Ukraine’s energy sector now exceeds $56 billion. Ukraine is revamping its energy system at warp speed for the purpose of energy security, not climate protection. ‘Ukraine’s energy transition is not a slogan,’ says Levgeniia Kopytsia, a Ukrainian energy analyst at the think tank Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility. ‘It’s a security-driven transformation, unfolding under extreme constraints. An astounding fact: on sunny days, Ukraine even boasts energy surpluses.

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