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USAID ESP provides ongoing support in coordinating efforts to promote gender initiatives at the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine. The logical continuation of the comprehensive training of staff members, which lasted for five months, was the establishment of a Ministry advisory body – the Gender Committee on Ensuring Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men, Prevention and Combating...

The USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) presented the results and main findings of its Project on Gas Market Balancing Analysis and Key Recommendations to implement to achieve transparent and efficient gas market balancing in Ukraine.

Opening the presentation, Kathleen Kirsch, Deputy Director, Office of Critical Infrastructure, USAID/Ukraine, has underlined that “USAID remains strongly...

The USAID Energy Security Project and Bioenergy Association of Ukraine organized a roundtable on Biomethane production in Ukraine.

In her opening remarks, Kathleen Kirsch, Deputy Director, Office of Critical Infrastructure, USAID/Ukraine, noted that the round table summarized the Training Program on Biomethane production in Ukraine conducted throughout January and February.

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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) with IT equipment and solutions to support and back up its day-to-day operations and dispatching processes.

Funded by the U.S. Government, the USAID Energy Security Project procured and delivered a mobile data center to the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine...

USAID Energy Security Project and the State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine to strengthen the capacity of local communities to develop regional energy efficiency programs and local energy plans.

The USAID Energy Security Project and the State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine in February conducted a workshop on strengthening the capacity of...

The USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) and the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC) briefed representatives of district heating companies (DHCs) that operate or plan to operate small and medium-capacity (up to 20 MW) cogeneration units about the specifics of set up, operation, and regulation of Ukraine`s electricity market.

Dmytro Kovalenko, NEURC Commissioner, thanked...

On February 2, 2024, the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP), together with the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine (Ministry of Infrastructure), discussed with 84 representatives of local authorities, heat supply companies, and distribution system operators the collection of initial data to determine the technical feasibility of implementing...

On February 1, 2024, the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) announced the launch of the project "Analysis and Development of a Comprehensive Indexing Methodology for Energy Markets in Ukraine."

Participants in the project presentation included representatives of the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC), Ukrainian Energy Exchange (UEEX) and JSC “Market Operator”.

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USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) has been working for a long time to facilitate market integration between Ukraine and neighboring countries (European Union (EU) and Moldova). This work has been done in close cooperation with Ukrenergo, the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC), the Market Operator (MO), the Energy Community Secretariat (EnCS), the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine (MoE), and other stakeholders.