EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson took part in the event at the Ukraine pavilion

EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson took part in one of the events of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the WCO29. She said that the EU would help Ukraine restore 2 GW of electricity generation for this winter, which is 12% of its seasonal needs.

‘Since the beginning of the full-scale aggression, Russia has destroyed 9 GW of generation capacity in Ukraine,’ said Ms Simson, ’but Ukraine has not given up and is rebuilding its energy system better than it was before.
The European Union will continue to help Ukraine, she assured. In particular, with electricity. To this end, the capacity of the power grids connecting Ukraine and the EU has been increased from 1.7 GW to 2.1 GW.

Kadri Simson also mentioned the Ukraine Facility, an EU initiative to support Ukraine with 50 billion euros. 12 billion of this is earmarked for financing recovery, reconstruction and climate action. In addition, the EU continues to help reform Ukraine’s energy market.

Kadri Simson also praised that despite the full-scale Russian aggression, Ukraine continues climate reforms and makes its economy greener.