19.05.2026
Energy Club Vice President Ivan Grygoruk outlined the priorities for Ukrainian business for 2026 in an article by the Ekonomika media bureau. The piece will be published in the spring issue of the “Top 100. Ratings of the Largest” magazine.
Answering questions regarding the focus areas for business efforts, investments, and resources that are set to become key to ensuring the sustainability and growth of private companies in 2026, particularly in the energy sector, Ivan Grygoruk highlighted several strategic priorities.
Among them is partnership with the public sector. According to the expert, this involves subsoil development, including the extraction of minerals and rare earth elements, the growth of the gas production industry, the development of the construction materials market for large-scale post-war reconstruction, as well as the construction of Ukrainian glass production plants and the advancement of Ukraine’s power and IT sectors.
The Vice President of Energy Club paid special attention to ensuring business resilience and continuity through the harmonization of the Ukrainian regulatory framework with the European one, the transformation of fiscal policy, and the protection of investor rights.
Ivan Grygoruk identified sustainable power supply for businesses as another crucial direction, driven by the development of renewable energy sources, distributed generation, energy storage systems, and Smart/Micro Grids. In his view, this will ensure the continuity of production processes at industrial and agricultural enterprises and contribute to the sustainable development of communities.
Other priorities include entering new markets through innovative development, the implementation of modern technologies, high-tech equipment, and advanced business process optimization practices. “In this way, the national producer will be guaranteed to remain competitive and will expand opportunities to transition from being a local player in the domestic market to an export-oriented player,” Ivan Grygoruk noted.
The expert also named attracting external financial resources and developing the Mergers & Acquisitions direction as an important growth factor. He emphasized the need not only to attract traditional forms of debt capital into strategic sectors of the economy with state support but also to work more actively with international public and institutional investments, alongside accelerating the development of the Ukrainian stock market according to world standards to enable its full operation in the post-war period.
In addition, Ivan Grygoruk stressed the importance of human capital development. In his opinion, it is essential to support secondary vocational education, encourage cooperation between higher education institutions and business within dual education framework, and improve the quality of specialist training for key sectors of Ukraine’s economy.
The full version of the article is available at the link.
