Ukraine continues its course to develop a decentralised energy system: German Galushchenko

Ukraine remains committed to building a resilient, decentralised and sustainable energy system that will ensure energy independence and strengthen Ukraine’s energy security.

This was emphasised by Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko during the event “Creating a Resilient and Decentralised Energy System for Next Winter and the Future”, held in London with the support of the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the UK Government.

According to the Minister of Energy, since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s energy system has demonstrated impressive resilience and has now passed the third wartime winter in the face of unprecedented enemy attacks. This was made possible thanks to hundreds of technical solutions and the unique experience of Ukrainian power engineers.

He noted that the development of distributed generation was also one of the solutions that really helped the power system to survive.

According to German Galushchenko, Ukraine has now approved regional energy sustainability passports, a practical tool for risk assessment, mapping of local generation and planning of grids that can operate both as part of the integrated power system and autonomously. They help each region know what kind of generation it needs to install and where the sites for connecting new facilities are located.

“Decentralised generation, whether renewable energy sources or gas plants, is a rather difficult target from a military point of view. It is more difficult for the russians to destroy so many decentralised facilities across the country. Even with these thousands of drones or thousands of missiles that they use every day. So this is very important, because it is also a matter of security of supply,” the Minister stressed.

German Galushchenko thanked the IEA for its reports and recommendations on areas that would strengthen Ukraine’s energy resilience, including, in particular, advice on the development of decentralised generation, countering russian energy terror, and developing renewable energy sources.