
EU illustrates willingness to support Energy Efficiency Fund, claims Prime Minister
The European Union
pledges readiness to provide assistance
for the Energy
Efficiency Fund, which according to the decision
of the Government
and Parliament, will kick off
its work from January next
year. Prime Minister of Ukraine
Volodymyr Groysman said to regional
media.
"We allocate
a sum worth than UAH 2 billion, of which 400 million
hryvnias are" warm loans", and funding to
the tune of UAH 1.6 billion
is allocated to large-scale
projects of energy modernization," stressed the Head
of Government, "The Energy
Efficiency Fund will start its
work in January.
And we expect
(in addition to budget allocations)
our European partners to allocate
assistance for the Fund. There
is a decision on the disbursement
of 100 million euros that is
approximately 3 billion
hryvnias. This tranche will be divided
into several periods. Last week
I visited Brussels and we talked
about expanding the funding of
our energy efficiency programs from the EU".
He placed an
emphasis on the fact that
energy modernization projects will be
implemented simultaneously with programs for
the introduction of efficient consumption
of resources, as well as
a significant increase in the production
of own gas.
Volodymyr Groysman drew attention to the fact
that discovered deposits in Ukraine
allow to completely satisfy country’s needs for fuel. Hence,
the Government's task is to
create conditions for the restoration
and revival of gas production.
According to the Prime Minister, a first step in
this direction will be the
reduction of rental rates - depending on the
depth of the well. "This year we
have an increase
of about 650 million cubic meters
of our own
wells. Reducing rent will be
a good incentive for significant increase in production,"
he claimed.
The Prime Minister
stressed the provision of own
energy resources will allow the
reach the central aim, inter
alia to achieve
a full energy independence,
a reduction in the price of
fuel within the country and
the transformation of Ukraine from
a net importer to an exporter
of gas.