Ukraine will install 91 mini-CHPs in 32 cities to strengthen the country’s energy security
Under the Energy Security Project (ESP), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is helping Ukraine to deploy a network of cogeneration units to strengthen the country’s energy security in times of war.
“The small and medium-sized cogeneration equipment USAID is providing to Ukraine will contribute to stable heat supply during the 2023-2024 heating season,” said Kathleen Kirsch, Energy Team Leader, USAID/Ukraine Office of Critical Infrastructure.
Equipped with a gas-piston engine, the cogeneration unit generates heat and electricity simultaneously to meet the electricity needs of the city’s boiler houses, thus ensuring uninterrupted heat supply to critical and social infrastructure facilities, as well as to residents of apartment buildings.
In 2023, the heat supply company of the city of . Starokonstantinov purchased a 500 kV switchgear at its own expense, which allowed it to cover one third of the company’s needs for power supply to the city’s critical infrastructure. The installation of an additional 1067 kV cogeneration unit provided by USAID ESP allowed the company to cover other electricity supply needs. The USAID assistance will help to ensure energy supply not only to the city’s boiler houses, but also to other critical infrastructure facilities, including the local water utility.
Thanks to the installed district heating units, several medical institutions, 8 schools, 9 kindergartens, two dormitories and more than 16,000 people living in 150 apartment buildings will receive uninterrupted heat supply regardless of possible power outages.
To ensure stable heat and power supply in the winter, USAID is purchasing 91 cogeneration units for 32 Ukrainian cities and two universities. This equipment with a total capacity of 56.5 MW, integrated into district heating systems, will power critical infrastructure such as boiler houses, heating stations, water supply and wastewater treatment pumping stations, and provide stable heat supply to more than 1 million residents.
Small and medium-sized cogeneration units will allow local heat supply companies to generate electricity for their own needs or for sale to the grid not only during the ongoing war, but also after it ends.
