The Bucha community has received eight generators to provide backup power for critical infrastructure. Their capacity varies — from 30 to 220 kilowatts — so they can serve both small facilities and those that draw a heavy load.
This was announced by the mayor of Bucha, Anatolii Fedoruk.
"You can never have too many generators"
The equipment was provided by the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine. The community explains that it is not being stockpiled but replaced: during long outages generators run almost continuously and wear out quickly.
That is why the amount of such equipment is increased every year rather than left at the level of the previous winter. It powers the facilities whose failure is felt immediately — water supply, heating, communications, healthcare.
Photo: Anatolii Fedoruk
Not the first equipment before the season
Generators are not the only thing the community received ahead of the heating season. In early September circulation pumps for the heating networks were delivered here, and municipal services are at the same time modernising water intake wells by installing energy-efficient control cabinets.
So the preparation runs from two sides at once: backup power in case of outages, and equipment that itself consumes less and breaks down less often.
The heating season in the Kyiv region traditionally starts in October, based on actual temperatures. By then the units are to be distributed among facilities and tested under load — a generator that has not been started since last winter may fail to start in the cold.
Earlier we reported that the community had already received circulation pumps for its heating networks ahead of the season.
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