Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Galushchenko met with the delegates of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, headed by Senior Vice President for Europe Marjorie Chorlins, Senior Vice President for Europe. They talked about attracting American investment in projects to develop the Ukrainian energy sector, including the localization of energy equipment production facilities in Ukraine. The results of these negotiations were reported by the press service of the Ministry of Energy, UNN reports.
Our goal is to provide affordable, efficient and sustainable energy supply for all Ukrainian consumers. The first priority is to ensuring the production of solar panels, equipment for wind turbines, inverters, smart turbines, inverters, smart grids, heat pumps, green hydrogen and SMR, as well as components for nuclear energy.
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The participants of this meeting discussed in detail the concept of of creating safe zones in Ukraine for the operation of relevant production facilities with the involvement of foreign investment. They also outlined the measures that Ukraine should take to to ensure the necessary conditions for their operation, including security issues. of these facilities.
It is already necessary to identify priority areas of cooperation and prepare relevant projects and conditions for their implementation without waiting for the end of the war. Installation of more air defense systems will lead to more investments, in particular in the promising energy sector.
The head of the Ministry of Energy reminded that Ukraine has already implemented a number of has already implemented a number of energy projects that have not only strengthened Ukraine's energy Ukraine's energy independence, but also contributed to global energy security.
In particular, the American Westinghouse in cooperation with Ukrainian experts from the Energoatom Company at a plant in Sweden developed nuclear fuel for VVER-440 reactors, which had previously been produced only by Russia. only Russia had a monopoly on the production of which before.
Another evidence of Ukraine's success on the energy front is the trust of European is the trust of European traders, who during the current autumn-winter period, despite the war, have been storing about 3 billion cubic meters of gas.
In addition, despite the war with russia, Ukraine has expanded energy corridor with Poland, launched new projects in wind, solar bioenergy, and others, which indicates the high potential and sustainability of the energy system.