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On September 27, 2023, the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) held the fourth webinar in a series of events that are intended to provide key district heating (DH) stakeholders with guidance on cogeneration units (CGUs)- their potential, technical details on implementation, and prospects to further develop distributed cogeneration based on the current DH infrastructure in Ukraine. The event...

On September 27, 2023, the USAID Energy Security Project (USAID ESP) Gas Sector Lead Justin Goonesinghe and Gas Sector Lawyer Dmytro Pryschepa took part in Energy Community Business Forum on Renewable Gases, sharing their key takeaways from the ESP project to developing the related legislative framework for biomethane. USAID’s Energy Security Project aims to create a favorable environment for the...

On Wednesday, September 13, the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) organized a roundtable discussion focusing on the use of small and medium-sized cogeneration to power critical infrastructure during the upcoming heating season. Various energy sector representatives participated in the discussion, including the Ministry of Infrastructure, the Ministry of Energy, the State Agency on Energy...

USAID’s ESP is building the capacities of stakeholders in the Ukraine energy sector in developing and trading renewable gases through the delivery of a comprehensive training program on biomethane. This week, ESP presented the biomethane project, which seeks to bring together key policymakers as well as agricultural and gas market players to ensure a common understanding of the full biomethane...

On September 11, 2023, the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) and EPEX SPOT teams conducted the first workshop within the Roadmap and Capacity Building on Electricity Market Coupling Activity, gathering more than 80 participants from Ukraine’s energy sector and international institutions implementing Ukraine’s electricity market reforms.

The Electricity Market Coupling Activity aims to help...

On September 12, 2023, the National Energy and Utility Regulatory Commission (NEURC) adopted the resolution “On Approval of the Cross-Border Capacity Allocation Rules for Ukraine – Poland, Ukraine – Slovakia and Ukraine – Hungary directions.”

The Joint-Stock Company Market Operator (JSC MO) is responsible for selling and buying electricity on the Day-Ahead Market (DAM) and the Intraday Market (IDM) and helps to balance demand and supply in the electricity market.

Since April 2022, the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP), acting as an independent procurement agent under the Ukraine Energy Support Fund (UESF), has helped to procure and provide equipment to meet the urgent needs of Ukraine’s energy sector to rebuild and repair infrastructure damaged by Russia’s attacks.

To build the long-term energy resilience of local communities, the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) conducted a webinar on potential alternatives to natural gas in district heating to help municipal leadership strategically plan energy sector development, specifically heat systems.