Section of Energy (DOE)
In the midst of Russia’s continued brutal attacks towards Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Secretary of State Blinken introduced today during a meeting from the G7+ on the margins of the NATO Ministerial in Bucharest that the United States government is providing over million to aid acquisition of critical electricity grid equipment. This equipment will be rapidly delivered to Ukraine with an emergency basis to help Ukrainians persevere through the winter. This particular supply package will include submission transformers, circuit breakers, rise arresters, disconnectors, vehicles as well as other key equipment.
This new assistance is in addition to million within emergency energy sector support for generators and other equipment to help restore emergency strength and heat to local municipalities impacted by Russia’s assaults on Ukraine’s power program. We will continue to identify additional support with allies plus partners, and we are also assisting to devise long-term solutions intended for grid restoration and restoration, along with our assistance regarding Ukraine’s effort to advance the energy transition and build a power system decoupled from Ruskies energy.
USAID
Specific examples of Oughout. S. energy security assistance this year include:
Considering that Russia’s further invasion on February 24, working together with Our elected representatives, the Administration has provided nearly billion in assistance to Ukraine, including 5 mil to help repair, maintain, and strengthen Ukraine’s power sector in the face of continued attacks. We all also have provided assistance in areas such as EU incorporation and regional electricity business, natural gas sector support to maximize resource development, support regarding nuclear safety and security, and humanitarian relief efforts to help Ukrainians to overcome the impacts of energy shortages.
- Based on consultations with Ukrenergo, relevant municipalities, and the Ministries of Energy, Regions, and Facilities in Ukraine, USAID is definitely responding to nearly $80 mil of high priority energy field procurement needs, focused on areas of emergency power generation, electric system repair, natural gas, and heating.
- Procured and delivered around $23 million of what to support Ukraine’s energy sector. This support contains back-up generators; first aid and body armor equipment regarding utility workers; mobile central heating boiler houses; and miles associated with piping and associated products for heating networks.
- Currently finalizing procurement of $10. 6 million of electrical equipment for your restoration of high-voltage substations as well as heavy equipment for power system repairs in five municipalities.
- Approximately $46 million of additional procurements underway with expected delivery dates within 2023. These procurements are focused on provision associated with mobile boiler houses plus related equipment as well as additional repair materials for the electric power system. We all expect this assistance to provide heating for 7 million civilians in 19 oblasts, beginning later this wintertime.
- Provided modeling, analytical, and methodological technical assistance to Ukrenergo that helped ensure:
- Successful completion of island mode test on Feb 24, 2022.
- Emergency synchronization with Western european Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) on March 16, 2022.
- Launch of economic exports in June 2022.
- Retuning of Ukraine’s generation fleet in order to fulfill Ukraine’s requirement from your ENTSO-E catalog of actions.
- Improved the flexibility and resilience of the gas transmission program by:
- Procuring and providing training upon upgraded national dispatch software.
- Delivering a mobile backup dispatch center.
- Completing a financial stress test and financial type of the impact of the battle on GTSO operations and recommendations for remediation.
- In assistance with the Energy Community Secretariat, USAID engaged energy limiter (NEURC) to reconsider crisis measures to suspend the competitive electricity market trading.
- Provided analytical and technical support to the Rada Subcommittee on Energy that resulted in:
- Passing of the Law on Power Storage, creating a market-based regime for energy storage in-line with the European regulations.
- Market monitoring plus surveillance legislation (e. gary the gadget guy., REMIT) passing its first reading. A second reading expected in December 2022.
- Passage of the legislation establishing corporate power buy agreements for renewable energy.
- In support of USAID Administrator Power’s commitment of $55 million to support winter preparation, USAID examined winter heating supply plus demand and prepared a strategy to assist local municipalities along with emergency heat systems, including mobile heating units, heating tents, and pipelines and advanced procurement of these systems within close cooperation with the municipal governments. Of that, the following has been delivered:
- 2, 200 generators to communities, district heating companies, and health facilities across the nation.
- Equipment to Kyivteploenergo, Kyiv’s district heating system company, that allowed them to restore service to twenty two, 000 customers and establish 1, 000 emergency heating points across the city.
- Act as procurement authority for the Ukrainian Energy Support Fund, founded in April 2022 by European Union’s Energy Community Secretariat and Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy.
- Created a financial model for liquidity support to Ukrainian electrical power market and key Ukrainian entities Ukrenergo, Guaranteed Purchaser, Energoatom and Ukrhydroenergo.
- Continuously analyzed stability sheets and cash flows of electricity and gasoline transmission system operators and their regulatory tariffs.
- Analyzed financial influence of the war for renewable energy generation and financial liabilities for Ukrainian entities Guaranteed Buyer and Ukrenergo.
- Prepared emergency modeling for electricity and fuel sectors:
- Utilized the detailed ENTSO-E design for static and strength flow simulations and system reliability analyses for several contingency scenarios.
- Using the gas system simulator regarding winter gas need analyses.
Since 2014, the United States has provided over 0 million within technical support to strengthen Ukraine’s energy security, including to strengthen EU interconnectivity, enhance energy supply diversification, and promote investments in power efficiency, renewable energy, and thoroughly clean energy technologies and innovation. Much of this particular support has helped get ready Ukraine for its eventual interconnection with Europe’s ENTSO-E electrical power grid, including the island setting test in February 2022 that not only demonstrated Ukraine’s progress in meeting the particular EU’s technical requirements, but additionally proved to be critical considering Russia’s subsequent military activity aimed at disrupting power supplies plus distribution in Ukraine.
- With all the increased attacks on Ukraine’s electricity grid and power infrastructure in October, DOE worked with the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy and DOE national laboratories to collate, veterinarian, and help prioritize lists of emergency electricity apparatus for grid repair and stabilization.
- Engaged at the CEO level Oughout. S. private sector and public utilities and machines manufacturers to identify $35 million of available electricity main grid equipment in the United States compatible with the Ukrainian system for emergency delivery. Identified $17. 5 million to support purchase and transportation of this tools.
- With assistance from Congress, initiated work on full integration of Ukraine with ENTSO-E to support resumption of Ukrainian energy exports to other European countries in the region, which includes funding for energy infrastructure analysis, collection of satellite information and analysis for system mapping, and work on cyber security.
- Started work on a new dynamic model of interdependent gas and energy systems of Europe plus Ukraine to advance identification and mitigation of critical vulnerabilities.
- Delivered emergency diesel fuel and other important materials needed for safe operation of Ukrainian nuclear strength plants, as well as initiated the purchase of three truck-mounted emergency diesel backup generator to be delivered to improve put safety in the event of the loss of offsite power.
U. T. Department of State
- Building on eight years of technical engagement, the State Section continued to provide technical support in order to Naftogaz and UkrGasVydobuvannya to progress corporate governance reform, enhance domestic gas production, offer strategic planning, and evaluate critical sub-surface and above-ground technical issues that impact the company’s core business functions.
- The State Section is developing new applications focused on emissions abatement, decarbonization, and diversification to support Ukraine’s ambitious clean energy plus climate goals and tackle the impacts of decreased supplies of natural gas from Russia.
- Their state Department led a decades-long U. S. government engagement to develop and expand gas reverse flow (west-to-east) ways to enhance European and Ukrainian energy security. Ukraine is now able to import natural gas from Europe, eliminating the advantages of Ukraine to purchase natural gas from Gazprom.
