Serhiy Pinchuk - "Factories emit a huge amount of heat into the air - these are hundreds of millions of cubic meters of gas that are burned in vain"

03.02.2026

On February 3, Energy Club held an expert discussion titled “The Future of Thermal Energy: Between Decentralization and Reality.”

Amid constant threats to the energy infrastructure, leading experts, government officials, and business representatives gathered to discuss a new heat supply strategy and find a balance between centralized generation and decentralized solutions.

Here are the key insights from the event speaker.

Pinchuk highlighted typical technical errors in cogeneration installation and the lost potential of industrial heat.

Serhii Pinchuk - Senior Advisor to the Association of Critical Infrastructure Operators of Ukraine

“We have forgotten about industry: giants like ‘Azot’ or cement plants vent enormous amounts of heat into the air that could be used in networks.

Unfortunately, many mistakes are made during cogeneration installation across Ukraine: poorly selected capacity or errors in power supply schemes that prevent ‘island mode’ during a grid failure.”