Empowering Ukraine through a Decentralised Energy System

The IEA's latest report, Empowering Ukraine through a Decentralised Energy System, outlines a pathway to rebuild and modernise Ukraine’s power sector amid ongoing attacks on its energy infrastructure.

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, nearly two-thirds of Ukraine’s dispatchable power capacity has been occupied, damaged, or destroyed. The report highlights distributed energy resources (DERs) as a vital solution to address their power deficit while enhancing Ukraine’s energy security, resilience, and flexibility. DERs—such as solar PV, wind, batteries, and small modular gas turbines—enable local power generation while also reducing vulnerability to targeted attacks. IEA analysis shows that a diverse mix of DERs offers a cost-effective and resilient path for Ukraine’s power system recovery.

Join the report authors live from Kyiv as they discuss the main findings.