Romania has delayed its coal phaseout by three years, which can among other things be viewed as a consequence of the Russian devastation of Ukraine’s power network. Multiple Balkan countries are exporting GW of power consistently to Ukraine, increasing their development of renewable energy and in this case delaying decommissioning of fossil fuel assets. Ukraine itself added between 800 MW and 850 MW of solar capacity in 2024 and is looking to add 400 MWh of battery capacity this year in a deal between Fluence and DTEK. Nuclear power plants, imported electricity, distributed diesel generators and distributed renewables are all suitable for Ukraine’s situation, in which coal and gas plants are destroyed by missile strikes while smaller-scale facilities are harder…