23.07.2024
Russian War Against Ukraine: Energy Dimension | DiXi Group Alert – weekly review 23.07.2024
July, 15 – 21
• On the night of July 20, Russian UAVs attacked the facilities of Ukrenergo in 3 regions.
• Russia has also intensified the disinformation campaign, with recent fakes including reports of an alleged accident at the South Ukraine NPP and power supplies to Poland.
• Ukraine’s grid experienced an electricity deficit, with emergency outages. The planned restrictions on consumers lasted for 96% hours of the week.
• The Strategy for the Development of Distributed Generation by 2035 was approved.
• A government hotline 15–49 on energy issues was launched, along with interest–free lending programs for households, housing associations and cooperatives to purchase RES generation and energy storage equipment.
• The government has extended the list of critical facilities that are guaranteed priority electricity supply to those within a 20–km zone from the frontline and borders with Russia and Belarus.
• Russia has also intensified the disinformation campaign, with recent fakes including reports of an alleged accident at the South Ukraine NPP and power supplies to Poland.
• Ukraine’s grid experienced an electricity deficit, with emergency outages. The planned restrictions on consumers lasted for 96% hours of the week.
• The Strategy for the Development of Distributed Generation by 2035 was approved.
• A government hotline 15–49 on energy issues was launched, along with interest–free lending programs for households, housing associations and cooperatives to purchase RES generation and energy storage equipment.
• The government has extended the list of critical facilities that are guaranteed priority electricity supply to those within a 20–km zone from the frontline and borders with Russia and Belarus.
• The Verkhovna Rada adopted laws on integrated industrial pollution prevention and control, on increase of excise taxes on fuel to the minimum EU levels, and voted in the first reading the draft Climate Law.
• Among legislation adopted are laws exempting from import duty and VAT demining machines, power generators, wind and solar generation equipment, and large batteries.
• Additional sanctions on Lukoil led to the suspension of crude oil transit to Slovakia.
• Among the first deals under the Ukraine Investment Framework – a 100 million EUR grant between KfW and Ukrenergo for the reconstruction, rehabilitation and expansion of infrastructure.
• The EBRD will provide a 200 million EUR loan to support Naftogaz in creating strategic gas reserves and maintaining energy security.
• Lithuanian energy companies will transfer another tranche of equipment for 50+ million EUR.
• Among legislation adopted are laws exempting from import duty and VAT demining machines, power generators, wind and solar generation equipment, and large batteries.
• Additional sanctions on Lukoil led to the suspension of crude oil transit to Slovakia.
• Among the first deals under the Ukraine Investment Framework – a 100 million EUR grant between KfW and Ukrenergo for the reconstruction, rehabilitation and expansion of infrastructure.
• The EBRD will provide a 200 million EUR loan to support Naftogaz in creating strategic gas reserves and maintaining energy security.
• Lithuanian energy companies will transfer another tranche of equipment for 50+ million EUR.
