Briefing with international partners: German Galushchenko on increasing distributed generation capacities and preparing for winter

Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko described in detail the priority needs of the energy sector to prepare for the autumn-winter period 2024-2025 and to develop distributed generation during a briefing on overcoming energy challenges.

The event gathered representatives of the President's Office, members of the Government, representatives of regional military administrations, local governments and international partners - diplomatic missions of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Finland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Japan, Canada, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Lithuania, the EU Delegation and international organisations, as well as 16 ambassadors of Ukraine.

‘We are grateful to our international partners for their support to the Ukrainian energy sector in this difficult period. Our joint work is important for restoring power facilities, strengthening the resilience of our power system and further building up distributed generation capacities in the regions,' stated German Galushchenko.

The Minister informed the participants of the meeting about the creation of the International Assistance Coordination Group under the Ministry of Energy to promptly restore the power system and prepare for winter.

The group has five subgroups working in the following areas:

1) repair and restoration of energy infrastructure facilities;

2) development of distributed generation;

3) provision of reserve power supplies, including generators;

4) protection of energy facilities;

5) ensuring sustainable heat supply.

Based on the findings of these subgroups, a number of priority areas were identified in preparation for the next heating season.

German Galushchenko briefed the participants on projects to increase distributed generation capacity in the regions and the priority needs of the energy sector.