Ukraine and Germany launched a joint project "Renewable energy sources for a sustainable Ukraine – R2U" for 20 communities to equip critical infrastructure facilities with "green" power plants.
This is the first project that implements agreements between the countries on energy partnership with an emphasis on green recovery and reconstruction of the energy sector of Ukraine, the Ministry of Energy reports on Facebook.
It is noted that communities will conduct an energy audit of buildings of critical infrastructure for their further equipping with RES. The project is designed for 18 months, its cost reaches about €2 million.
Deputy Minister of Energy Yaroslav Demchenkov emphasized that this project expands cooperation with German partners aimed at strengthening the stability of the Ukrainian energy system through decentralization of electricity generation and distribution.
"The future is based on a decentralized system where consumers will be able to independently produce, use, share, store and control clean energy without intermediaries. We must make efforts to restore our communities with the help of "green" energy, paying special attention to rural regions, coal mines and those that suffered the greatest destruction from the war," he said.
Demchenkov added that the experience gained will be used to scale such projects and create similar ones.
He noted that the R2U project can give impetus to the creation of energy communities or cooperatives at the community level. A similar system works well in Germany and other EU countries. This is important at the regional, national and international levels, in particular for partners supporting Ukraine's green transition.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that Ukrainian hospitals will be equipped with humanitarian solar panels from the Italian company Enel as part of the "Ray of Hope" project. This will allow establishments to save up to 70% of energy costs and partially ensure work during power outages.
As EcoPolitic previously reported, the German government will increase the total budget of technical assistance projects to €44.5 million, which will be implemented in Ukraine within the framework of the International Climate Initiative.
