The EBRD will facilitate €60M in loans to Ukrainian businesses to enhance energy production, storage, and efficiency. Through a risk-sharing arrangement, EBRD will back the issuance of new loans by ProCredit Bank to small and medium-sized enterprises in Ukraine. With EBRD’s assistance, the bank anticipates providing ... #ebrd #Energyefficiency #EnergyProgram #LoansforBusiness #ProCreditBank #ukrainianbusiness
Ukrainian retailers are reducing costs and increasing efficiency by investing in solar power plants. Experts highlight that retailers and businesses in related sectors are currently harnessing solar energy to cut expenses and boost energy independence. For instance, two years ago Epicenter began inst... #Energyefficiency #EnergyIndependence #Epicentr #FoxESS #Novus #SolarEnergy
Ukrainian businesses have begun to develop distributed generation; this provide for their needs and additional capacities for the power system. Ukrainian company Energo-Plus plans to purchase a closed thermal power plant with a capacity of 60 MW in a neighboring country and transport it to Ukraine. The project will cost approximately €50M. Th... #EnergoPlus #EnergyDecentralization #Energyefficiency #EnergyIndependence #StanyshivkaVegetablePlant #ukrainianbusiness #Zhytomyr
A large chain of supermarkets has invested more than ₴70M in energy efficiency and seeks $15M more for its further plans. Top manager of the Novus network, Dainius Tumėnas, said that Novus has already invested more than ₴70M in its energy efficiency program. Diesel generators are installed at 98% of facilities. One of th... #Energyefficiency #investments #Novus #RaimondasTumėnas #retailUkraine
Ukraine wants to create a $6B investment fund for energy sustainability. The State Agency for Energy Efficiency plans to create an International Green Investment Fund in Luxembourg, with an investment strategy calculated for 7-10 years and $6B, agency head Hanna Zamazeyeva... #Energyefficiency #energyukraine #HannaZamazeyeva #SustainableEnergy
The EU aims to reduce energy consumption by 2030. EU leadership reached a political agreement on a sharp reduction in energy consumption, and by 2030 it should be 11.7% less than had been previously planned, according to the Council of the EU. The fi... #ElectricityConsumption #Energyefficiency #EUenergySystem
The government expands the law on investment in energy efficiency and hot water supply. According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, the draft law proposes to give preferences to these projects, increasing the threshold from €12M to €20M. This will allow not only large, but also medium ent... #DenysShmyhal #Energyefficiency #EnergyInvestments
Major investments in energy efficiency for factories and apartment buildings could reduce by half Ukraine’s gas consumption during the 2020s, said Vitaliy Shcherbenko, Naftogaz Director of Energy Efficiency, tells Den news site. This reduction could eliminate Ukraine’s need to import 10 bcm of gas every year, he says. Investments are needed... #Energyefficiency #NaftogazUkraine
