Lutsk City Council has adopted the Heat Supply Scheme (HSS) for 2023-2032. The USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) supported the development of the Scheme as part of a Program helping municipal stakeholders implement reforms improving resilience, technical optimization, energy efficiency, and the environmental sustainability of heat supply systems.
The program, implemented by USAID ESP and the Ministry of Territories, Communities, and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, aims to help Ukrainian cities to increase resilience and reduce energy consumption and technological losses in the heat supply chain.
Implementing HSS in Lutsk is anticipated to reduce heat energy losses in the city’s heating networks from 21% to 10% (by over 50%), resulting in a 25% reduction in electricity consumption for heat energy transportation and five times less in water consumption to replenish heat carrier.
The heat supply scheme envisages further growth and modernization of a district heating (DH) system in Lutsk. A 10-year investment program is an integral part of the HSS and foresees the development of technical design documentation to attract investment to modernize the city’s heating system. As a result of its implementation, Lutsk will increase its DH share from the current 71% to 76% and environmental sustainability of heat supply due to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction by 70%.
USAID ESP continues to help Lutsk authorities and heating utilities increase the city’s energy resilience by providing the utmost equipment to repair and restore heating infrastructure damaged by Russia’s attacks. So far, USAID ESP has provided Lutsk with one emergency vehicle, one excavator, five mobile boiler houses on solid fuels, 200 tons of industrial salt, 104 generators, 7,5 km of pipes, 73 valves, and ten inflatable tents with generators and heaters.