Helping Ukraine to Keep Energy Infrastructure Functional and Secure

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Helping Ukraine to Keep Energy Infrastructure Functional and Secure

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Helping Ukraine to Keep Energy Infrastructure Functional and Secure

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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’scommitment 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. 

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Since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, USAID ESP has provided

light 1,093

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

Generators
Steel insulated pipes

pipe 234.74 km

of steel and pre-insulated pipes and 12,500 pieces of related materials

first aid 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.

First aid kits
Mobile power station

mobile power station 1

28 MW Gas turbine power plant

To supply electricity for 100,000 homes, hospitals, schools, and critical infrastructure.

autotransformer 15

Autotransformers

Helping Ukrenergo to balance and maintain power flows across the network while transmitting electricity throughout Ukraine.

autotransformers
Mobile boiler house

boiler house 2,679 km

Wire and cable and 25,304 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.

boiler house 114

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.

Mobile boiler house
Emergency heating shelters

shelters 243

Emergency shelters

To help to protect thousands of citizens and energy workers in temporary shelters from Russia’s strikes.

boiler house 460 tons

Transformer Oil

To help national transmission and distribution system operators operate and maintain transformers and keep power moving throughout Ukraine.

Mobile boiler house
Emergency heating shelters

shelters 21,857

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.

salt 13,502 tons

Industrial salt

To support Ukraine’s energy generation needs and ensure the continued supply of heat and hot water to civilians.

Industrial salt
pumps

pipe 127

Pumps

To replace damaged pumps, prepare heating networks for the 2024-2025 heating season and build heating sector resilience

Excavators 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.

excavator
excavator

Excavators 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.

boiler 8

Stationary boiler houses

To help energy workers throughout Ukraine to replace damaged equipment and to provide households with heat and hot water.

Stationary boiler houses
ipads and drones

drone 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.

ch3oh 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.

Methanol
current transformers

transformer 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.

switch 547

Circuit breakers

To allow regional distribution substations to restore functionality and provide millions of Ukrainians with access to electricity.

circuit breaker
disconnector

transformer 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.

transformer 233

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.

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power transformers
breaker

excavator 150

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.

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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

mobile datacentre
relay protection

transformer 35

Relay protection equipment

To help Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s electricity transmission system operator, and distribution system operators restore operations at substations throughout the country.

switch 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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relay protection
Cogeneration units

Cogeneration units 91

Cogeneration Units Delivered and 50 Pieces of Related Equipment

Installed CGUs will help district heating systems keep heat flowing to citizens during planned and emergency outages this winter while also building long-term resilience in the heating system.

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Last updated December 2, 2024
About the project

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.

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