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Story summary
- Ukraine faces renewed blackouts as cold, overcast weather reduces solar output, triggering outages in Kyiv and western regions, which are shorter than winter.
- A sunny March helped stabilize power supply, but recent cloudy conditions again limit solar production.
- Despite restoring 4 gigawatts since winter, many power plants remain under repair from Russian attacks.
- Rising costs and maintenance add strain to nuclear plants that provide over half of Ukraine's electricity.
