Answering energy challenges: Energy Club trained 25 distributed generation specialists for Ukrainian communities

12.06.2025

Today, during the key industry forum “Energy System in the Name of the Consumer: Voice of Industry for Energy Security and Technological Development“, a solemn ceremony of awarding certificates to graduates of the educational course “Distributed Generation: A Step Towards Energy Independence of Ukraine” was held.

During the ceremony, Energy Club Vice Presidents Ivan Hryhoruk and Valeriy Bezus presented certificates to 25 specialists who are now ready to implement energy decentralization projects in their communities. Gratitude was expressed to all who participated in the implementation of the initiative — lecturers, partners and course participants.

For more than three months, the course participants, including community representatives, experts, managers and practitioners in the energy sector, underwent intensive training. The program consisted of 6 training modules and 29 lectures, covering technical, economic, legal and practical aspects of developing distributed generation. Particular attention was paid to the analysis of practical cases, the development of financial models, the search for investors and the study of the regulatory framework.

“In the context of systemic challenges for the Ukrainian energy sector, the training of qualified personnel capable of developing a decentralized, sustainable and efficient energy system is our priority. We are proud of our graduates, who received unique knowledge from leading experts in the industry. They will be the driving force for positive changes in the regions and will make a significant contribution to strengthening the energy independence of Ukraine,” said Andriy Kostrytsia, President of Energy Club.

The course became a unique educational platform that brought together leading industry experts who shared their experience and knowledge. Thanks to their contribution, the program became deep, comprehensive and extremely useful for the students. The training was held on the modern Softbook platform, which provided participants with convenient access to all materials.

Energy Club sincerely thanks everyone who joined this initiative. The success of the course confirmed the high demand for high-quality educational products in the energy sector. Therefore, Energy Club is already working on developing new curricula and is preparing an announcement of the next intake for the course on distributed generation. Follow the news on the club’s official resources so as not to miss new opportunities for professional growth and joint development of the Ukrainian energy sector.

Course experts:

Leading experts from the energy sector of Ukraine were involved in the teaching:

• Valeriy Bezus — Vice President of Energy Club, Head of the State Energy Efficiency Agency (2021–2023)
• Volodymyr Gromko — Deputy Director of the Ligret Group of Companies
• Olexandr Alyokhin — Head of the Ukrainian Division of Digital Power Huawei
• Serhiy Kucher — International Expert of SIGRE-Ukraine
• Dmytro Neznamov — General Director of TPS ENGINEERING LLC
• Nikola Markheva — Head of the Automation and optimization of business processes of JSC “Ukrainian Distribution Networks”
• Roman Yurinets — Director of LLC “PRET Service Energozmin”
• Yulia Pishchak — Head of the Energy Service Group of LLC “PRET Service Energozmin”
• Evgeny Myachyn — Director of the Department of Development and Support of Corporate Business of Oschadbank
• Olexandr Kisilyov — Head of the Distributed Generation Division of JSC “Energy Company of Ukraine”
• Ilya Prytula — Head of the Green Generation Division of JSC “Energy Company of Ukraine”
• Maxim Maksymenko — Partner, Head of Real Estate and Infrastructure Practice, Co-Head of Energy Practice at AVELLUM
• Maxim Fedotov — Attorney, Managing Partner of the Law Firm «Fedotov Partners»
• Roman Storozhev — Founder of the Association «Gas Traders of Ukraine»
• Viktoria Dudchenko — Head of the Legal Department of the Ukrainian Energy Exchange (UEB)
• Yuriy Podolyak — Director of the company «IKNET»
• Svitlana Demyaniv — Head of the Energy Procurement Department of «PRET Service Energozmin» LLC
• Vitaly Nikolayenko — CEO of Voltage Group
• Olexandr Suslov — General Director of LLC “NVP “Volten”