29.05.2026
In Kyiv, within the framework of the international exhibition Green EnerTech – 2026, the Energy Forum “Energy Decentralization 2026: Generation, Storage and Financing” took place, organized by the Energy Club business community together with Kyiv Global Expo. The event became a professional platform for discussing practical solutions in the field of distributed generation development, energy storage systems, and financial tools necessary to strengthen Ukraine’s energy resilience.
Oleksandr Svetelik, President of the Public Union “CIGRE-Ukraine”, addressed the participants with a welcoming speech. He emphasized that the Ukrainian power system has passed a difficult period of trials and maintained its functionality even under wartime conditions. However, it is necessary to clearly define the concept of decentralization and its role in the energy system.
“It is necessary to determine what decentralized generation actually is. In the sense that we currently put into this concept, it is primarily backup generation for individual enterprises,” said Oleksandr Svetelik.
The President of the Public Union “CIGRE-Ukraine” emphasized the importance of maintaining the integrity of the energy system and shaping new approaches to the development of the industry:
“We need new projects, new economic relations, new innovative proposals. We have created an aggregator which, in our view, should unite everything and provide access to our main dispatcher. We need a unified, single, integrated energy system. If the system is not like that, only backup generation will work. No islands, no clusters. We use many terms, but there are no projects yet, at least I haven’t seen them.”
Oleksandr Svetelik informed the attendees about the ongoing work within CIGRE on forming a program for the reconstruction of Ukraine’s energy sector. According to him, the document has already passed its first hearing in the technical committee and has also been submitted for consideration to the expert group of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
The speaker emphasized that this involves systemic and long-term work on the future model of the country’s energy recovery:
“Next week we will consider current issues, but we are working for the future. This is the program for the reconstruction of Ukraine’s energy sector. There are many questions — reconstruction, recovery, so a lot of work lies ahead. We place great hopes on such forums, on meetings where we can discuss sound proposals and projects and include them into our program.”
The organizers and participants of the forum noted that such discussion platforms contribute to the formulation of practical solutions for the development of energy and strengthening the energy independence of Ukraine.
