Ukraine needs to implement energy efficiency measures and upgrade its critical infrastructure. On 28 November, the Government approved the concept of a programme to modernise state and municipal heat generating companies. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

“We are talking about major overhauls, strict metering, improving efficiency and reliability, and creating conditions to attract investment. We expect that by 2030, 3,000 kilometres of heating networks will be repaired, 35,000 individual heating points will be installed and heat losses will be reduced to 11%,” said the Prime Minister.

Denys Shmyhal stressed that the Ukrainian energy system was currently undergoing another test of strength. According to the Head of Government, eight months of an active repair campaign are paying off – there have been no scheduled outages after the latest massive drone attack and during the natural disaster.

“I would like to thank the power engineers and utilities. Even in bad weather, they are repairing networks and have restored electricity to the homes of almost 300,000 Ukrainian families overnight,” the Prime Minister said.

According to the Ministry of Energy, generation capacity is sufficient to meet demand. Ukraine can attract assistance from the EU and the situation remains under control.

“Nevertheless, we are preparing for all scenarios. We are deploying Invincibility Points as planned. There are about 12,000 of them now, and another 1,500 will be opened if needed. The energy sector is being restored. The Ukraine Energy Support Fund is being replenished. Together with the announced contributions, it already amounts to some EUR 300 million,” said Denys Shmyhal.