A group of Ukrainian experts from various governmental and non-governmental organizations that are involved in the energy efficiency and energy management visited Sweden this week to learn about institutional and technical experiences from Sweden’s green transition, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported on its website.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman claims the launch of the Energy Efficiency Fund operation, which will finance projects to reduce energy consumption next year, is only the beginning of a systemic reform aimed at increasing the level of energy efficiency across Ukraine.
The Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, the most dramatic EU deal with a non-EU country, finally came fully into force on September 1, The Financial Times reports.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed off the law on commercial accounting of thermal energy and water supply, which determines the legal, economic and organizational basis for providing commercial, including distributional, accounting of thermal energy, hot water and centralized water supplies, according to the presidential press service.
Transparent subsidy system should create a motivation for saving and improving energy consumption, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said, speaking at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated UAH 300 million, or US$11.6 million, for the implementation of the so-called "warm" loans program provided for improving energy efficiency of households, according to relevant decision approved at a government meeting on Wednesday, July 12.