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27 of Ukraine's best energy management experts completed the online four-day intensive Certified Energy Manager Course. The course was organized with support from the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) jointly with the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine and the Ukrainian branch of the U.S. Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). 

One of the primary goals of this...

To advance integration with European energy markets, USAID ESP is supporting Ukraine in developing gas policies and regulations in line with standard European rules. As part of this, ESP is helping to facilitate the transition from measuring natural gas in cubic meters to measuring it in energy units—kilowatt-hours (kWh)—for gas sector operations.  

Why is it important for Ukraine? 
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The USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) started the work on the “Green Paper on Renewable Energy Policy.” This activity will help Ukraine to draft strategic national policies and to make them a foundation of the future sustainable growth of the renewables sector. Representatives of the President’s Office of Ukraine, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the National...

The USAID Energy Security Project (USAID ESP) and the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine (Ministry of Infrastructure) conducted the 7th Technical Workshop for 200 participants representing the central and local authorities and district heating utilities. The goal was to enhance the audience’s knowledge of European trends in developing efficient...

The USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) and the Ministry for Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure Development (Ministry of Infrastructure) briefed national and local authorities, as well as district heating (DH) companies, on the organizational and technical issues of developing low- and ultra-low-temperature DH to improve overall system efficiency and integrate renewable and waste heat...

Ukraine's energy markets require considerable reforms to ensure their transparency and independence, strengthening energy security and paving the way for Ukraine’s integration with European markets. The Regulation on the Integrity and Transparency of the Electricity Wholesale Market (REMIT—EU Regulation 1227/2011) is an integral part of this reform.  

The REMIT concept is new for Ukraine and...

The USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) presented the results of the technical and financial analysis of the project to introduce distributed generation at facilities of the Public Utility "Vinnytsiamiskteploenergo." The project also aims to ensure the power supply of critical infrastructure facilities in emergencies.   

Mykola Formanyuk, Deputy Mayor of Vinnytsia, thanked USAID for the...

How the implementation of IT solutions helps regulate heat production and consumption to ensure efficient district heating was discussed at a seminar organized by the USAID Energy Security Project (USAID ESP) together with the Ministry for Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine (the Ministry of Infrastructure). The fifth technical seminar on efficient district heating...

More than 200 representatives from local authorities and district heating (DH) utilities participated in the workshop arranged by the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) jointly with the Ministry for Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine. The workshop focused on issues concerning heat accumulation, integration of renewable energy sources (RES), technical solutions as...