World Bank to provide Ukraine with $212M for installation of hybrid energy systems
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a $212 million financing package for a new project in Ukraine – Improving Power System Resilience for European Power Grid Integration.
This was said in a press release published on the World Bank website.
"The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved today a $212 million financing package, including a $177 million International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) loan, a $34 million Clean Technology Fund (CTF) concessional loan, and a $1 million CTF grant for a new project in Ukraine – Improving Power System Resilience for European Power Grid Integration (Installation of Hybrid Systems for Electricity Production in Ukrhydroenergo)," the report reads.
The project will enhance the flexibility of the Ukrainian power system to help synchronize it with the European electricity grid and decarbonize the power sector.
The Ukrainian Private Joint Stock Company Ukrhydroenergo (UHE) is the borrower and implementing agency of the project. The project provides financing for the installation of 197-megawatt short-duration battery energy storage systems combined with solar power plants within four hydropower plant sites (Kyiv, Kaniv, Kremenchuk and Seredniodniprovska) to further allow for ancillary services to the national power grid. Also, a long-duration battery with a solar power plant will be installed within Dniester Hydro Power Plant.
"This is one of the most innovative projects that the World Bank is launching in the Europe and Central Asia region. It will help Ukraine integrate its power system with the European power grid, reduce the influence of vested interests, and contribute to the achievement of a more energy independent Ukraine. I am pleased that the project also helps Ukraine align with the European Green Deal," said Arup Banerji, World Bank Regional Country Director for Eastern Europe.
The World Bank has already been working to prepare Ukraine's power infrastructure for synchronization with the EU power grid under the ongoing Second Power Transmission Project (PTP2). This project supports Ukraine in the introduction of smart grid technologies and wholesale electricity markets.
