The EU has said it will give Ukraine a grant of €100 million to help restore its electricity transmission system.
Coming from the bloc’s Ukraine Investment Framework (UIF), the grant will go towards modernizing high-voltage substations in the west of the country and develop interstate connectors that join Ukraine with the EU energy system.
It will also repair and restore equipment destroyed by Russian shelling at high-voltage substations, and strengthen the physical protection of Ukrenergo substations.
Speaking at the signing of the deal after it was released through the German state development bank KfW, the bank’s director Lorenz Gessner said: “Due to the integration of the Ukrainian energy system into the common European network, the electricity supply will be stabilized.
“Everyday life of Ukrainian people throughout the country will improve,” he added.
The funding for Ukrenergo, Ukraine's national grid operator, is just one of many initiatives to help keep the lights on in the war-torn country.
Earlier this month Estonia’s Finance Minister Mart Virklaev announced plans for the free transfer of equipment from Narva power plant in Estonia’s northeast to Ukraine.
A turbine and generator units from the Estonian heat and power plant which closed in 2020 are to be used in efforts to refit bomb-damaged Ukrainian facilities.
Meanwhile, Poland’s proposal to send electricity generated at coal-burning plants in Poland to Ukraine is being considered by Brussels.
However, environmental concerns may block the plan.
It will also repair and restore equipment destroyed by Russian shelling at high-voltage substations, and strengthen the physical protection of Ukrenergo substations.
Speaking at the signing of the deal after it was released through the German state development bank KfW, the bank’s director Lorenz Gessner said: “Due to the integration of the Ukrainian energy system into the common European network, the electricity supply will be stabilized.
“Everyday life of Ukrainian people throughout the country will improve,” he added.
The funding for Ukrenergo, Ukraine's national grid operator, is just one of many initiatives to help keep the lights on in the war-torn country.
Earlier this month Estonia’s Finance Minister Mart Virklaev announced plans for the free transfer of equipment from Narva power plant in Estonia’s northeast to Ukraine.
A turbine and generator units from the Estonian heat and power plant which closed in 2020 are to be used in efforts to refit bomb-damaged Ukrainian facilities.
Meanwhile, Poland’s proposal to send electricity generated at coal-burning plants in Poland to Ukraine is being considered by Brussels.
However, environmental concerns may block the plan.
Source: TVP World, europa.eu
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