Helping Ukraine to Keep Energy Infrastructure Functional and Secure
Helping Ukraine to Keep Energy Infrastructure Functional and Secure
Helping Ukraine to Keep Energy Infrastructure Functional and Secure
It has been 1,000 days since Russia launched its unjustified full-scale war against Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Since then, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Energy Security Project (ESP), has been helping Ukraine to make its energy infrastructure resilient to attacks, ensuring Ukrainians have electricity, gas, heat, and hot water.
In February 2024, the USAID Administrator reaffirmed the Agency’s commitment to bolster Ukraine in the face of Russia’s attacks, including $422 million of new energy assistance to improve the resilience of Ukraine’s energy system through the restoration of critical infrastructure, introduction of distributed generation, reformation of the energy sector, and facilitation of Ukraine’s post-war transition to a low-carbon, competitive, and EU-integrated energy economy.
In September 2024, the U.S. Secretary of State announced an additional $325 million in energy assistance to support Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and help repair and restore power generation facilities damaged by Russia’s attacks, as well as deploy distributed power technologies, provide emergency backup power for critical services like water and heat, and strengthen the physical security of critical energy infrastructure.
1,097
Generators
To help Ukrainian energy companies deliver power, gas, heat, and hot water supplies and support local authorities to provide primary medical services, sanitary care, and safe transport to civilians, particularly in damaged areas
252.06 km
of steel and pre-insulated pipes and 12,500 pieces of related materials
3,297
First aid kits
Plus 500 sets of personal protective equipment for electricity and district heating technicians and other frontline energy operators working to keep electricity, heat, and gas flowing in Ukraine.
1
28 MW Gas turbine power plant
To supply electricity for 100,000 homes, hospitals, schools, and critical infrastructure.
16
Autotransformers
Helping Ukrenergo to balance and maintain power flows across the network while transmitting electricity throughout Ukraine.
2,757.311 km
Wire and cable and 25,454 supplemental materials
Helping distribution system operators and local utilities to repair severely damaged grids and build new overhead and underground cable lines to provide hundreds of thousands of households, industries, and businesses in 10 regions in Ukraine with access to stable and secure power supplies now and during the 2024-2025 heating season.
115
Emergency mobile boiler houses
To help municipalities provide steady supplies of heat during emergencies and shutdowns to hospitals and facilities for seniors and people with disabilities.
243
Emergency shelters
To help to protect thousands of citizens and energy workers in temporary shelters from Russia’s strikes.
460 tons
Transformer Oil
To help national transmission and distribution system operators operate and maintain transformers and keep power moving throughout Ukraine.
21,861
Gas Sector Support Equipment
To help the GTSOU, Ukraine’s national gas transmission company, and distribution energy workers strengthen the gas network and provide communities throughout Ukraine with secure and stable supplies of gas for heating and cooking.
13,654 tons
Industrial salt
To support Ukraine’s energy generation needs and ensure the continued supply of heat and hot water to civilians.
127
Pumps
To replace damaged pumps, prepare heating networks for the 2024-2025 heating season and build heating sector resilience
7,576
Shut-off valves
To help district/regional heating companies effectively operate and maintain heating systems and provide consumers with steady supplies of heat and hot water. Energy workers can also use the valves to segment heating networks and detach destroyed parts from the entire network.
89
Excavators
To help operators of district heating and distribution system operators to repair damaged systems after Russia’s attacks and provide thousands of Ukrainians with electricity and heat this winter.
8
Stationary boiler houses
To help energy workers throughout Ukraine to replace damaged equipment and to provide households with heat and hot water.
60
30 Drones and 30 iPads
To help the Gas Transmission System Operator, Ukrenergo, the electricity transmission system operator, remotely inspect pipelines and transmission lines and support the steady flow of power and gas to citizens.
6,007 tons
Methanol
To help Naftogaz, the largest Ukrainian oil and gas company, continue producing and processing gas safely and securely, bringing steady access to heating and energy to millions of Ukrainian citizens and businesses.
507
Instrumental transformers
To replace critical equipment that was either damaged by Russia’s attacks or the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and enable transmission and distribution system operators to provide hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians with access to electricity.
551
Circuit breakers
To allow regional distribution substations to restore functionality and provide millions of Ukrainians with access to electricity.
28
Sets of 245 kV and 330 kV disconnectors
With control cabinets to help Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s transmission system operator, restore damaged transmission substations throughout the country.
332
Power transformers
To help Ukrainian operators of electric distribution and district heating system restore local and national power grids, repair heating networks, and provide stable heat and electricity to citizens.
204
Specialized vehicles (emergency, brigade, bucket trucks, cranes, etc.)
To help regional heating companies and distribution system operators immediately repair systems damaged by Russia’s attacks and continue providing power, heat, and hot water to consumers throughout Ukraine.
1
Mobile data center
To support Ukraine’s Gas Transmission System Operator to provide backup dispatch and other activities, allowing a smooth gas supply to citizens in Ukraine
35
Relay protection equipment
To help Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s electricity transmission system operator, and distribution system operators restore operations at substations throughout the country.
48
SETS OF IT equipment
To strengthen the operations of Ukrenergo’s, Ukraine’s electricity transmission system operator, main and regional dispatch centers.
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114
Cogeneration Units Delivered and 50 Pieces of Related Equipment
Installed CGUs will help district heating systems to maintain sustainable and uninterruptable heat supplies to over 1.6 million residents and 1,660 social facilities during planned and emergency outages this winter while also building long-term resilience. In some cases, these installations also provide a backup power supply to nearby critical infrastructure facilities, water supply, and wastewater utilities.
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USAID ESP works to enhance Ukraine’s energy security by improving the energy policy, legal and regulatory environment and increasing energy supply to achieve broad-based, resilient economic development to sustain Ukrainian democracy.
Since Russia’s invasion, USAID ESP has responded rapidly and consistently to meet the extensive needs of Ukraine’s energy sector and to keep heat, hot water and power flowing to all citizens during wartime.