ENERGY PARTNERSHIP SETS COURSE FOR NEXT YEAR

The sixth meeting of the Ukraine-Denmark Energy Partnership Programme (UDEPP) took place on 30 April 2025 – in physical format in Kyiv. A revised program document and strategic decision on activities set to expire were approved, setting the course for the next period 2025-26. 

Ambassador of Denmark to Ukraine, Ole Egberg Mikkelsen, and Deputy Minister for Energy of Ukraine, Roman Andarak, chaired the meeting. There were also remarks from Deputy Minister for Energy of Ukraine, Oleksandr Pavlichenko, Deputy Minister for Development of Ukraine, Maryna Denysiuk, Head of State Agency for Energy Efficiency, Anna Zamazeeva, and the Danish Energy Agency’s Deputy Director General, Iben Møller Søndergård. UDEPP partners from the National Energy and Utility Regulator of Ukraine (NEURC) and the transmission system operators for electricity (NPC Ukrenergo and LLC Gas TSO) were also represented.

During the meeting, partners highlighted their utmost respect to the Ukrainian energy workers and reaffirmed the tangible results that that have been delivered through the partnership, such as:

  • An urgent technology catalogue for the Ukrainian power sector that will be updated ahead of the coming winter to address the state of the power system after three years of attacks.
  • Recommendations for the reform of the district heating sector with proposals for modernisation of the Ukrainian legislation using the principle of EU’s “energy efficiency first”-principle and establishing cost-reflective, fair and transparent tariffs for sustainable heat supply.
  • A White Paper detailing the Decarbonization Fund and voluntary-agreement framework with the aim to attract new participants and rolling out a system to monitor compliance with these agreements.

The high-level delegation from the Danish Energy Agency visited one of NPC Ukrenergo’s high voltage substations to see the consequences of Russian attacks and discuss urgent needs for power supply and physical protection of the critical equipment and energy workers. Oleksii Brekht, acting Chairman of the Management Board at NPC Ukrenergo, highlighted Denmark as the first country contributed to the Energy Community’s Ukraine Energy Support Fund that finance the most urgent needs of Ukrainian energy companies such as equipment, spare parts and other technical items. Today, the Fund has mobilised more than EUR 1.1 billion – hereof EUR 41 million from Denmark. The delegation visited a residential complex in Kyiv that was brutally attacked to show respect to the victims.