Ukraine has an energy security problem the size of the Dnipro river. This is despite boasting the third largest hydrocarbon endowment in Europe (after Russia and Norway) and a rapidly growing renewables sector. It also has an impressive, albeit aging, Soviet-era nuclear reactor fleet, and enough power generation capacity to be a net exporter of electricity in 2018. Yet the country is still unable to wrest energy-self sufficiency from Russia’s iron grip. Until it does, it will not be able to enjoy true economic and political independence.
Ukraine's Energy Challenge
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Ariel Cohen: Ukraine’s most important battle is for energy independence
A plant worker get his hands warm near a bucket of burning coal at the Avdiyivka Coke Plant, eastern Ukraine, on Feb. 21, 2017.
