Energy sustainability of Ukraine in conditions of total war: priorities and key tasks

Описание: Ukraine Crisis Media Center held a discussion on the topic "Energy sustainability of Ukraine in conditions of total war: priorities and key tasks." The participants of the event focused on three key issues, which are critically important for ensuring the country's energy security in wartime conditions.
Strategic goals and urgent tasks: is there a real dilemma?
The panelists discussed whether there is a real dilemma between long-term strategic goals and challenges that need to be addressed immediately. To achieve energy sustainability, it is necessary to find a balance between these two aspects, because ignoring one of them can lead to serious consequences.
International aid: plans and priorities for the restoration and development of generating capacities.
The discussion participants expressed their opinions, emphasizing the importance of coordinating foreign partners’ actions with the Ukrainian government. In particular, they discussed the readiness of the international community to provide support in restoring destroyed energy facilities and to invest in developing the new infrastructures, more resilient to external influences.
State responsibility or self-organization of citizens: how to respond to the risks of the winter period?
The discussion participants focused on the joint responsibility aspect. The state should provide general conditions and support, while citizens should be ready for self-organization and active participation in solving energy problems at the local level.

SPEAKERS:
⦁ Valeriy Chaly, UCMC Chair of the Board, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine
⦁ Oleksandr Dombrovskyi, Chairman of the Board of the 100% RE Ukraine platform
⦁ Lana Zerkal, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in 2014-2019, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
⦁ Yuriy Kostenko, Minister of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety of Ukraine (1995-1998), representative of Ukraine in the Board of Governors of the IAEA (1995)

00:00 Introduction

09:22 Policy of an independent state should have started with energy security

13:52 The government is talking about firewood instead of developing a survival strategy

18:24 Comment on the completion of the Khmelnytsky NPP

23:32 In winter, we need a band-aid that will allow us to survive

28:15 What solutions can be used in the upcoming 3-5 years

32:30 The government should organize assistance to the regions and remove restrictions from business

53:02 It is necessary to simplify access to domestic financing

01:00:07 Small nuclear reactors

01:09:13 Imported electric power for businesses

01:11:36 Capacity of storage systems

01:12:55 What should citizens and communities do

01:18:37 Discussion results

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