The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a competition to build over 1.3 GW of new generating capacity. This is part of the Resilience Plans aimed at compensating for losses from Russian shelling of energy infrastructure. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko and Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal provided details.
Where to build:
- Kyiv and Cherkasy regions - 250 MW
- Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava regions - 872 MW
- Dnipropetrovsk region - 100 MW
- Odessa region - 100 MW
Contest conditions: applications can be submitted within three months after the official announcement by the Ministry of Energy. Winners will receive a fee for the generation development service - up to 27.92 euro cents per kWh for five years after the facility is launched. The maximum construction period is 20 months, a mandatory requirement is second-level engineering protection.
"We are systematically increasing distributed and backup generation in preparation for the new heating season," Svyrydenko noted.
Shmyhal added that the first stage of the competition (late last year) yielded 78.1 MW of guaranteed projects. For the second stage, the rules were updated to take into account business proposals: the minimum capacity of the facility is 10 MW, and a mandatory second level of protection.
The state will stimulate construction through a market premium mechanism - when the price of electricity during peak hours (morning and evening) is lower than the competitive cost of MWh.
"We expect the commissioning of all capacities by the end of 2027. This will become a key element in the development of distributed generation," the minister concluded. Construction of the first facilities will start at the end of November.