Ukraine plans to attract over €5.4 billion in investments to implement regional plans aimed at enhancing energy resilience. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Kuleba, who emphasized the importance of protection, generation, water supply, and heating for ensuring the stable operation of the country’s critical infrastructure.
This is reported by Finway
Comprehensive Reform of Critical Infrastructure
The government is preparing for a large-scale restructuring of the critical infrastructure system, aiming to make it more resilient and less vulnerable to external threats. According to Kuleba, specific projects have already been identified in each region, including those related to water supply, heating, energy decentralization, and strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure facilities. Special attention is being paid to the implementation of alternative power sources to ensure the uninterrupted operation of life support systems.
“Overall, the implementation of regional energy resilience plans requires over €5.4 billion in investments — this includes protection, generation, water, and heat,” Kuleba noted.
The approach to energy resilience is gradually shifting from temporary solutions to a comprehensive long-term protection program that includes integration with security components — air defense, drone interception systems, and electronic warfare means.
Government Priorities: Protection, Generation, and Modernization
The main directions of the plan consist of four key elements: strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure, developing distributed generation, ensuring uninterrupted water supply and drainage, as well as stable heating. To achieve these goals, the government has already allocated 10 billion UAH from the reserve fund for the construction of engineering protection for energy facilities, and the next tranche of 9 billion UAH will be directed towards energy protection.
In Ukraine, the installation of modern Western equipment with a capacity of over 530 MW is ongoing, which has already been delivered. Simultaneously, the government continues negotiations with international partners to obtain additional equipment, including cogeneration units capable of producing both heat and electricity. As part of the development of the distributed generation network, a target of 4 GW has been set, of which 1.5 GW should be introduced this year — this is the minimum necessary level for the stable functioning of critical infrastructure.
Additionally, modular solutions in the heating sector are being implemented to add over 5 GW of capacity for the next heating season. The Ministry is focused on developing block-modular boiler houses that will provide heating to the population and critical infrastructure facilities.
Ukraine is ready to share its experience in energy resilience with other European countries, considering the new challenges posed by hybrid and military threats.