The German-Ukrainian Energy Partnership (EP) provides a general framework for political dialogue in the energy sector in Germany and Ukraine. It supports political dialogue, promotes best-practice exchange, connects business and politics and contributes to improving the regulatory framework of the energy sector in Ukraine.
The German Ukrainian Energy Partnership was founded in August 2020, when the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy (MinEnergo) signed a Joint Declaration of Intent, and amended in April 2023 to take into account the need for supporting the restoration and recovery of the Ukrainian energy system impacted by the war, increasing the levels of energy efficiency and the share of renewable energy sources.
Additionally, following the outbreak of the Russian war of aggression at the beginning of 2022, the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy (MinEnergo) sent a request for assistance to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK). Under the umbrella of the German-Ukrainian energy partnership, a donation campaign for technical goods for the Ukrainian energy sector was then set up with MinEnergo and the Ukrainian non-governmental organization (NGO) GoLocal.
More than 100 German companies generously responded to the request by the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine (MinEnergo) and offered valuable equipment as donations. The campaign was able to deliver 22.000 technical goods to Ukraine. These contributions will be used to repair and maintain electricity grids, gas grids and other critical energy infrastructure. Further deliveries are constantly being prepared and transported to regions in need. The Donation Campaign Team, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, coordinates the campaign as well as the logistical chain for the transport of the donations under the umbrella of the German-Ukrainian Energy Partnership.
Since 2022, under the umbrella of the German Ukrainian Energy Partnership, experts additionally supported Ukrainian heating specialists for rapid restoration of damaged district heating systems, and the transmission system operator Ukrenergo with capacity building for integration of renewable energy sources into the grid as well as meeting ENTSO-E requirements. Relocated businesses in the pilot town of Sheptytskyi received support from the Just Transition project in Ukrainian coal regions project, and the Women in Energy United for Ukraine initiative helped temporarily displaced Ukrainian female energy experts in access to the German labor market.