By the next heating season, 1.5 GW of cogeneration plants are expected to be put into operation, of which about 400 MW will be connected by state-owned enterprises.
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced this following the NSDC meeting.
According to her, the government's task is to draw conclusions from this winter and prepare for the next heating seasons. The task for the NSDC was to consider the resilience plans of cities and regions.
A sustainability plan has four components:
- protection of objects;
- construction of additional cogeneration;
- decentralized heat supply;
- decentralized water supply.
Svyrydenko noted that the management of Naftogaz and Ukrenergo presented plans to protect the companies' facilities.
“If we are talking about cogeneration, there is a government document that defines a strategic goal – 4 GW, which must be built. Some of our facilities are already equipped with cogeneration units. We plan to introduce +1.5 kW at the state level by the beginning of the heating season. About 400 MW are state-owned enterprises, and 330 MW will be introduced based on the results of previous competitions for distributed generation,” she said.
The Prime Minister noted that the government wants business to actively participate in the construction and commissioning of cogeneration plants.
In addition, the meeting participants heard the regions' resilience plans. According to Svyrydenko, Kyiv has not submitted its resilience plan.
“The Kyiv resilience plan, which was supposed to be submitted with the signature of the mayor, was not submitted. By decision of the National Security and Defense Council, Kyiv was given one week, we can help submit it and formalize it properly,” she said.
Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said that the Ministry of Energy will focus on helping companies restore the main generation equipment destroyed by the Russians.
According to him, Ukrenergo and Naftogaz, which are responsible for the transit of electricity and gas within the country, are responsible for protecting their facilities.
“This is second-level protection: concrete shelters, shelters or dug into the ground with concreting, to provide not only anti-Shahed but also anti-missile protection for these facilities,” the minister said.
Another important area, according to Shmyhal, is the preparation of backup equipment.
“We are working with partners not just to procure equipment and wait nine months for it to be produced, we are working to create a three-fold stockpile of equipment that was destroyed this winter,” he said.
According to the minister, backup equipment will be stored in Ukraine and abroad.
“Europe also understands that a stockpile should be created for European countries as well. This will be one of the areas that will be discussed at the next Ramstein: the production of equipment, faster procedures for its procurement. It is desirable that these be direct purchases, as with weapons, and the creation of a stockpile,” Shmyhal said.
As for the distribution of generation, according to him, not only local administrations were tasked with creating it.
“We are also talking with state-owned companies about creating distributed or alternative generation. As of today, the project for 2026 provides for 392 MW, which will be created by Naftogaz. And 92 MW will be created by the Gas Transportation System Operator, this is, as a rule, gas turbine equipment, which will provide additional generation,” the minister said.
In addition, Shmyhal noted that by next winter, it is planned to pump at least 13 billion cubic meters of gas into storage facilities, just like this year.
He also emphasized that at the next energy “Ramstein” they plan to attract over 5 billion euros to prepare Ukraine for the next heating season.
“This is a task that we will work on in the first half of March, and we will negotiate with partners,” the minister said.