09.07.2026
On June 18, a technical forum “From Project to Megawatt: Engineering of New Energy in Ukraine” was held in Kyiv, dedicated to the development of networks, distributed generation, renewable energy, energy storage systems (BESS), cogeneration, and practical solutions to increase energy sustainability. The event became a platform for discussing not only technologies, but also systemic changes in approaches to energy infrastructure design – from technical solutions to regulatory policy and effective financial models.
Vice President of Energy Club and moderator of the forum Ivan Hryhoruk, commenting on the speakers’ speeches, emphasized that the transformation of the energy system is impossible without long-term comprehensive planning, modeling of the operation of electrical installations in electrical networks and taking into account the interests of energy market participants.
One of the key emphases was the phased implementation of regulatory policy in the energy market. “Regulation at the household consumer level is the next step. In peacetime, this would have been a very long time, but the war became a catalyst for change,” noted Ivan Hryhoruk.
According to him, the first to be affected by regulatory changes are large industrial consumers, while the household segment will be the next stage of transformation. Another important factor is the synchronization of Ukraine’s energy system with the EU’s unified energy system, in particular in the field of digitalization and investment planning for network development.
The Vice President of Energy Club emphasized that these changes will inevitably affect tariff policy, therefore they require careful and balanced phased implementation.
An equally important comment was devoted to the technical aspect of energy project implementation. Ivan Hryhoruk emphasized that the key mistake of many projects is the lack of full-fledged modeling at the early stages. “In any case, everything comes down to modeling. There is always a need to simulate the operation of any electrical installation in the power system right here and now, otherwise it risks being used only as a backup power source after it is put into operation,” he emphasized.
According to the specialist, without calculations of the electrical operating modes of the electrical installation, flow distribution, short-circuit currents, and dynamic and static stability, the selected equipment may be ineffective or even unsuitable for operation.
The forum moderator also drew attention to the risks of the “design and build” approach without a high-quality feasibility study:
incorrectly selected equipment may operate inefficiently in real power system operating conditions, taking into account military risks;
the absence of at least initial modeling leads to downtime of electrical installations;
errors at the stage of selecting the voltage class significantly affect the cost of connection in terms of implementing the power delivery scheme to electrical networks.
“Any investor needs to start considering a project from the cost of connection and calculating the optimal scheme for delivering power to the electrical grid,” the Energy Club vice president emphasized.
He also emphasized the importance of parallel work with equipment manufacturers at the design stage in order to reduce the time for project implementation in terms of ordering and manufacturing terms for the main equipment, without losing time and quality of technical solutions.
Summing up the forum, Ivan Hryhoruk focused on systemic measures to maintain a balance in the energy mix and the economic consequences of imbalances in the generation structure.
“Each generation has a place in our energy mix. There must be a balance in everything,” he noted.
The expert emphasized that excessive focus on one type of generation leads to imbalances in the cost of electricity and an increase in tariffs for the end consumer. As an example, he cited the current role of nuclear generation, thermal and hydropower in stabilizing electricity prices for consumers.
Separately, the Energy Club vice-president drew attention to the problem of cross-subsidization and the impact of PSO mechanisms on the financial stability of the energy market. “If we do not invest in the development of networks as well as in generation, the system simply will not work,” he emphasized, formulating one of the key “golden rules” of energy.
Ivan Hryhoruk’s speech at the forum in Kyiv actually outlined the basic formula for Ukraine’s new energy sector: without modeling there are no correct solutions, without an optimal energy balance and development of networks there is no sustainable, flexible, inertial and reliable energy system, and without economic logic it is impossible to ensure an acceptable costelectricity for the consumer.
The forum confirmed that the future of the energy system will not be determined by individual technologies, but by the ability to effectively integrate them into a single, manageable and balanced architecture of the modern unified energy system of Ukraine.
