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The map shows all electricity generation and transmission assets of the Ukrainian electricity system as of February 2022 and military attacks until 6 June 2023. In February 2022, the entire power system of mainland Ukraine comprised over 1,500 generation plants in seven regional power systems totalling 59 GW of generation capacity. 49 percent of the capacity was operated on fossil fuels, i.e. coal and/or gas. 23 percent was covered by nuclear power stations, with the remaining quarter made up of solar energy (13%), hydropower (11%), wind energy (3%), biomass and biogas (<1%).
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