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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...

On May 21, U.S. Ambassador Bridget Brink, EU Ambassador Katarina Mathernova, and the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC) Chairman Valerii Tarasiuk gathered to discuss the importance of utility regulator independence. Other stakeholders from the United  States Government, European Union (EU) and the Energy Community Secretariat also joined a roundtable to mark critical...

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine ​increased ​the ​urgency of the ​Government of Ukraine’s (GoU) decision to improve the country’s wholesale electricity markets and ​to ​build ​a ​reliable and resilient energy system that ultimately advance​s​ Ukraine’s full integration with European markets.  

To help the GoU meet this goal, the United States Agency for International Development...

On April 30, 2024, the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) welcomed Ukrainian policymakers and sector experts at the Round Table on Biomethane, aimed at developing a favorable legal and regulatory framework for the biomethane sector in Ukraine and the country’s sustainable energy future.  

Opening the round table, the USAID ESP Chief of Party Michael Trainor stated that the Project supports...