“Ukrenergo receives 86 million euros from the EIB for drone safety

“Ukrenergo has acquired EUR 86 million from the EIB to put in anti-drone safety at key substations. That is the primary a part of the Assist Plan for Ukraine's Vitality Sector to beat infrastructure injury.

NPC Ukrenergo has acquired 86 million euros from the European Funding Financial institution (EIB) to equip anti-drone safety at key substations of the ability system. That is reported by the EIB, UNN experiences .

Particulars

It’s famous that this funding was supplied below the EIB's Emergency Solidarity Package deal for Ukraine, developed in cooperation with the European Fee. It was the primary part of the Ukraine Vitality Assist Plan adopted by the EIB in October 2024 to deal with the numerous injury to vitality infrastructure brought on by Russia's conflict.

Ukraine's Vitality Minister Herman Galushchenko stated that Ukraine's infrastructure stays one of many important targets of Russian aggression and terror.

The enemy has already fired greater than 1,000 missiles and sends a whole bunch of drones at our energy crops, substations and energy strains daily

– stated Herman Galushchenko.

Based on Oleksiy Brekht, appearing head of Ukrenergo, safety of essential substation gear is important attributable to fixed Russian assaults.

The effectiveness of the tasks already applied was confirmed in the course of the latest huge assaults with missiles and drones in November and December. We proceed to work on fortification. The extra substations we handle to guard, the extra dependable the nation's energy system will develop into, and the danger of outages for shoppers will likely be minimized

– stated Oleksii Brekht.

Based on Ukrenergo, the full quantity of credit score help supplied by the EIB to the corporate for the reason that starting of the full-scale conflict has already reached EUR 136 million.

Recall

On December 12 , the newly appointed Supervisory Board of Ukrenergo held its first assembly and elected a boss and a deputy chairman. Impartial consultant Jeppe Kofod turned the chairman of the Supervisory Board. He was the Minister of Overseas Affairs of Denmark from 2019 to 2022.