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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...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Energy Security Project (ESP) handed over to one of the utility companies in Volyn Oblast a second cogeneration unit (CGU) to provide electricity to the quarterly boiler house of the local district heating company. The donation was made under the Memorandum of Cooperation between and is aimed at enhancing energy security...

The EU adopted the Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) in 2011, following which Ukraine adopted a similar law (3141-IX) in 2023. The REMIT law is one of Ukraine’s critical commitments under the European Union-Ukraine (EU-UA) Association Agreement and establishing mechanisms aimed at eliminating both manipulation and corruption in the energy markets. Regarding...

The USAID Energy Security Project (USAID ESP) and the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine held a workshop on waste heat utilization as an integral element of efficient district heating. This event is the first of a series of educational seminars on developing of efficient heat supply systems. 

Opening the seminar, the Deputy Director of the Office of...

In a recent seminar organized by USAID ESP and the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy Housing and Utilities Services, energy professionals discussed the use of small- and medium-sized cogeneration units (CGUs) in the electricity market through aggregated groups and balancing groups. It was the fifth and final seminar in the series of training events for a total of 200 CGU operators and other...

On April 3rd, the USAID Energy Security Project (USAID ESP) and representatives of Ternopil City, energy companies, and the Ternopil utility sector met to discuss project ideas to introduce distributed generation at the city’s heating facilities, including setting energy islands to supply energy to critical infrastructure, especially in emergencies. 

During the meeting, Vladyslav Stemkovskyi,...

With support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) became the 14th Gas Transmission Benchmarking Initiative (GTBI) member. 

The GTBI is a consortium of European gas transmission system operators (TSO) whose mission is to facilitate the secure and confidential sharing and benchmarking of performance data, practices,...

The USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) is supporting 12 municipalities in Ukraine to develop municipal heat supply schemes to modernize and improve district heating (DH) systems to increase the sustainability and resilience of their heat supply, improve service provision, and increase energy efficiency.   

The City Councils of Slavutych, Lutsk, Khmelnytskyi, and Okhtyrka have already approved...

To better protect the wholesale energy market of the European Union (EU) against manipulation, the European Council (EC) adopted a new regulation to reinforce market surveillance and ensure open and fair competition.

The new regulation, called REMIT II, empowers the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) to investigate cases with a cross-border dimension. It...