Strategy of economic and social development of the Kherson region to 2015 year determines as one of priority directions - introduction of energy effective and recourses effective technologies. For providing of growth of economy and also for implementation of strategic goals - the increase of standard of living of population, a consumption of electric power in 2015 must rise up to 5000 - 6000  millions of  kW-hours.

Satisfaction of necessities of socio-economic development of the Kherson region, for which the deficit of local organic fuels is characteristic, the regional authority plans conducting of the following measures:

·        reconstruction of HPP, TEPs, other stations and equipment of the regional electric systems. Realization of reconstruction of Kahovsky HPP with replacement of equipment and increase of power up to 363 MW and also modernization of Kherson TEP with replacement of all steam-turbines;

·        creation and introduction of technologies, machines, equipment and devices, that provide the economies of energy and material resources;

·        introduction of high-effective technologies of water use in all spheres of economy, foremost in the field of communal economy, irrigated agriculture, reconstruction of the water transport system;

In particular, an accent is done on the development of energy on the base of untraditional sources, foremost a sun and wind.

Primary purpose, as developers of this important document consider, is an optimal use and creation of power resources diversity in region. In the field of energy the world tendencies gravitate to the increase of part of the energy produced from untraditional and renewable sources in general world balance of production and consumption of energy resources. Ukraine as the state, which aims to be integrated in economic world society is under an obligation to adhere to priorities of world development.

The Kherson region, as a region of Ukraine with greatest potential of untraditional and renewable energy sources as good as possible answers to priority directions of development of world energy. The use of all present potential of untraditional and renewable energy sources of region can approach her and Ukraine on the whole to the world standards of the energy use and to the energy-effective technologies.

Low density of population of region, large distances between settlements require the search and application of alternative energy sources and also optimization of the existent system of energy supply.

A climate (in middle there is approximately 2000-2700 sunlight hours on a year) is friendly to introduction of sun energy for providing of hot water-supply, heating and electrical power supply of dwelling-houses.

Wind power engineering has also considerable prospects for development in a region, because of large wind energy potential of seaside region, both for electrical energy supply, water-supply and taking in municipal economy, irrigation of agricultural lands and, especially, for defense of territories from underground and superficial waters.

Defense of territories from underground and superficial waters. The negative factor of development of natural-resource potential of region that declines its investment attractiveness is the biggest scale of flood and submergence of territories by underground and superficial waters among the regions of Ukraine, contamination of underground waters, which are used for the drinkable water-supply. The feed of soil waters by superficial and domestic waters, which are not practically taken outside territories of villages and also a regional pressure feed of soil waters along seaside of Black Sea and Sea of Azov and Prisivashya are the dominant factors of flood of settlements. Depending on a hydro meteorological situation and economic activity almost 300 settlements are found under threat of flood and submergence of territories by underground and superficial waters that results in violation of economic activity, economic and social losses.

For the removal of reasons of flood and submergence of territories by underground and superficial waters the chart of complex defense of agricultural lands and settlements of the Kherson region is developed. After different project calculations, with the purpose of partial decline of consequences of flood and submergence of territories it is necessary annually to pump out up to 700 000000m³ of water, that in the turn needs considerable power and economic charges.

To prevent and reduce the negative consequences of flood and submergence of territories by underground and superficial waters the basic tasks to include:

·        building of drainage on unscreened earths subjected to flood;

·        arrangement of additional drainage mining holes in the area of proof flood of region for warning of its expansion due to the regional getting up of level of underground waters;

·        replacement of high power rain-making machines on ecologically safe technologies;

·        conducting of filtration works on main and local channels;

·        drainage water pumping with the subsequent use of this water for irrigation;

·        modernization and expansion of the present system of drainage, arrangement of the systems of the rain sewage system in settlements, development of building of main and local collectors or their  separate areas-backlogs (water collectors);

·        completion of works on creation of the system of regional overflow-pipe on the basis of  main (drifts) collectors;

·        clearing of reservoirs, renewal of their running, increase of water flow through the storage pools;

The cost of basic protective measures is equal about 950 000000 of UAH.

To solve the problem of defense of territories from flood and submergence by underground and superficial waters and to prevent of his negative consequences the wind turbines equipped by powerful aquatic pumps can be used in the following manner:

·        pumping of water out from drainage mining holes situated in the area of proof flood for warning of its expansion due to the regional getting up of level of underground waters;

·        drainage water pumping with the subsequent use of it for irrigation;

·        feed and/or water-supply of rain-making machines, or other ecologically safe systems of irrigation (dripping-irrigation);

·        conducting of filtration works on main and local channels;

·        powering of the system of regional overflow-pipe on the basis of  main and local (drifts) collectors or their  separate areas-backlogs (water collectors);

Creation of the ramified network of the renewable energy systems with the scope of all districts will be instrumental in the improvement of infrastructure of settlements, providing the development of small and middle enterprises, tourist and recreation complex, resort-health complex. All these positive factors will stipulate a growth of population employment.

Posted by Vasil Sidorov E-mail: sidorovvasil@gmail.com

on May 04, 2009 in queltanews.com