We are pleased to announce that UWEA, in partnership with Altelaw&Sempra, is launching the development of a practical guide for the deployment of energy storage systems in Ukraine, titled the BESS Project Implementation Guide for Ukraine’s Power Sector Recovery and Modernization.
Today, Ukraine needs not only the restoration of its energy infrastructure but also its deep transformation in line with the principles of energy security, resilience and decarbonisation. Recognising the importance of this energy transition, it is essential to effectively translate the strategic vision of energy storage into the rapid implementation of projects. Energy storage is now a critically important component of a modern power system and a necessary prerequisite for the large-scale integration of renewable energy sources, wind generation in particular. Without sufficient energy storage capacity, the variability of RES generation limits the development of new energy and creates additional challenges for the stability of the power system. That is precisely why the Ukrainian market urgently needs specialised technical and commercial expertise to remove ambiguity, create a seamless investment environment and lower the barriers to private capital entering the market.
The main goal of this project is to create a comprehensive and practical guide that directly bridges the gap between the theoretical and the practical implementation of energy storage facilities. The project goes beyond policy discussion and focuses on providing practical, investment-grade knowledge for implementation.
The Energy Storage Project Implementation Guide for Ukraine will become a market-ready guide for Ukrainian and international investors and will cover the following topics:
- regulatory and institutional aspects;
- market entry mechanisms;
- business opportunities and potential partnerships;
- analysis of implemented BESS projects;
- financial indicators and operating models of storage assets in the electricity market.
The project is designed to run for four months, with the presentation of the guide scheduled for September 2026. The guide will be prepared in Ukrainian and English, in both printed and electronic formats.
💬 “Energy storage systems (ESS) are not just an additional element of the energy transition — they are its essential prerequisite. Implementing projects on the ground requires specialised technical and commercial knowledge, which, unfortunately, is currently lacking. Our goal in this project is to close the existing gap and provide the information needed to implement energy storage projects,” said Halyna Shmidt, Director for International Affairs at UWEA.
💬 Ihor Retivov, partner at Altelaw&Sempra and head of the UWEA Committee for the Development and Implementation of Energy Storage, added: “At UWEA, understanding the importance and the promise of energy storage for Ukraine’s power system, we strive to create additional opportunities for the use of energy storage technologies, to make the process of development, financing, construction and operation unambiguous, and to provide the owners of such assets with recommendations on commercial activity and profitability planning. In our view, such a project can resolve a significant number of questions on the part of investors and make the expected results realistic, without any ‘energy’ romanticism.”
We are sincerely grateful to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) for supporting this initiative, for understanding the challenges that Ukraine’s power system faces today, and for recognising the importance of strengthening Ukraine’s energy resilience amid unprecedented challenges and instability.
