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=== Energy === {{main|Energy in Ukraine}} [[File:Electricity production by source, Ukraine, OWID.svg|upright=1.2|thumb|Electricity production by source in Ukraine]] Energy in Ukraine is mainly from [[Natural gas in Ukraine|gas]] and [[Coal in Ukraine|coal]], followed by [[Nuclear power in Ukraine|nuclear]] then [[Oil in Ukraine|oil]].<ref name=":0"/> The coal industry has been disrupted by conflict.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The paradox threatening Ukraine's post-coal future |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/the-paradox-threatening-ukraines-post-coal-future/ |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=openDemocracy |language=en}}</ref> Most gas and oil is imported, but since 2015 [[energy policy]] has prioritised diversifying energy supply.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukraine β Countries & Regions |url=https://www.iea.org/countries/ukraine |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=IEA |language=en-GB}}</ref> About half of [[electricity generation]] is nuclear and a quarter coal.<ref name=":0"/> The largest [[nuclear power plant]] in Europe, the [[Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant]], is in Ukraine. [[Fossil fuel subsidies]] were US$2.2 billion in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fossil-Fuel Subsidies in the EU's Eastern Partner Countries : Estimates and Recent Policy Developments |url=https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/38d3a4b5-en/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/38d3a4b5-en |access-date=1 March 2022 |website=[[OECD]] |date=4 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Until the 2010s all of Ukraine's nuclear fuel came from Russia, but now most does not.<ref>{{cite web |title=Westinghouse and Ukraine's Energoatom Extend Long-term Nuclear Fuel Contract |url=http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/News_Room/PressReleases/pr20140411.shtm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411173202/http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/News_Room/PressReleases/pr20140411.shtm |archive-date=11 April 2014 |access-date=15 April 2014 |website=11 April 2014 |publisher=Westinghouse}}</ref> Some energy infrastructure was destroyed in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lock |first=Samantha |date=27 February 2022 |title=Russia-Ukraine latest news: missile strikes on oil facilities reported as some Russian banks cut off from Swift system β live |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/feb/27/russia-ukraine-latest-news-missile-strikes-on-oil-facilities-reported-as-some-russian-banks-cut-off-from-swift-system-live?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-621aff5f8f08db56730fd45f |access-date=27 February 2022 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Kira |date=26 February 2022 |title=Ukraine's energy system coping but risks major damage as war continues |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/ukraines-energy-system-coping-but-risks-major-damage-as-war-continues/ |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=euractiv.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> The contract to transit [[Natural gas in Russia|Russian gas]] expires at the end of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukraine plans to end Russian gas transit contract in 2024 β interview for Deutsche Welle {{!}} Naftogaz Ukraine |url=https://www.naftogaz.com/en/interviews/ukraine-will-not-extend-gas-transit-contract-with-russia-interview-deutsche-welle |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=naftogaz.com |date=24 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In early 2022 Ukraine and [[Energy in Moldova|Moldova]] decoupled their electricity grids from the [[IPS/UPS#IPS|Integrated Power System]] of Russia and [[Energy in Belarus|Belarus]]; and the [[European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity]] synchronized them with [[Synchronous grid of Continental Europe|continental Europe]].<ref name="cbsnews-ukraine-grid">{{cite news |title=Ukraine joins European power grid, ending its dependence on Russia |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-european-power-grid-russia/ |access-date=23 March 2022 |work=[[CBS News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |issue=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316225624/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-european-power-grid-russia/ |archive-date=16 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.entsoe.eu/news/2022/03/16/continental-europe-successful-synchronisation-with-ukraine-and-moldova-power-systems/ |title=Continental Europe successful synchronisation with Ukraine and Moldova power systems |publisher=[[ENTSO-E]] |date=16 March 2022 |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref>
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