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🔎 Why is the energy sector's transparency extremely important? Bohdan Serebrennikov, Андрій Урста, and Joseph Foti from Open Government Partnership highlight several important benefits ✅ 🤝 The more transparent an industry is, the more predictable it is for European partners. Confidence becomes the foundation for trust, which allows it to attract both public and private investments. In particular, these funds finance the development of renewable energy, the replacement of outdated systems, ensuring a more stable and cleaner supply, etc. All of this helps to stop the worst of climate change ☔ 📌 Such benefits cannot be achieved without transparent and competitive markets, the path to which is outlined in the third edition of the Energy Transparency Index: https://bit.ly/4hdJiYH. DiXi Group prepared it together with Expert Forum (EFOR), WatchDog.MD Community and World Experience for Georgia. Our think tank has developed the corresponding method and has applied it in Ukraine since 2018, having already published six such studies, and last year the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted the Index as an indicator of one of the tasks in Goal 7 "Affordable and Clean Energy" of the Government's framework for reporting on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals ➡️ https://bit.ly/4iHjZjD. Here is what experts generally recommend to: 🔸 disclose data on gas and electricity production, imports, and consumption; 🔹 ensure fair competition between utilities, which often operate as monopolies; 🔸 achieve and maintain their competitiveness through transparency in supply. The reality of Russian energy terror dictates the following recommendations for Ukraine: 🔹 to ensure the security of energy facilities and their personnel; 🔸 to publish aggregate data on energy markets such as aggregate demand, supply, volume, and prices. This is a necessary step towards openness, competitiveness, and accountability that will enhance dependability, economic and political resilience, reduce vulnerabilities, and prepare the ground for a rapid and sustainable recovery 🆙 💬 "Energy transparency does not only change the energy sector. It shores up foundations for the whole economy and grows connections within Europe," the experts point out. Read the publication by DiXi Group's Deputy Research Director, General Manager on Energy Markets Development, and the Principal Advisor, Emerging Issues for OGP on Medium 👉 https://bit.ly/4hZOW1v.

⚙️ Projects to restore generation at the local level are a chance to cooperate with Polish entrepreneurs 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 This was stated by Olena Pavlenko at a joint event of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs and the Polish business association Leviatan Confederation "Opportunities for Ukrainian and Polish companies in decentralization and and demonopolization of the Ukrainian energy market". Participants of the event, business representatives and experts from Ukraine and Poland exchanged views on cooperation in the energy sector, investment potential and partnership to restore the generation in Ukraine, which was destroyed by Russian attacks. 🚨 ⚡ Olena Pavlenko, President of DiXi Group, focused on the issue of rapid recovery of Ukraine's energy sector and, in particular, on providing the necessary equipment to energy companies that suffered losses after the Russian attacks. 💬The expert drew attention to the mechanisms for financing the restoration and support of the Ukrainian energy sector through international projects, which may be of interest to Polish business as a potential participant in these initiatives. She also noted that a significant number of generation restoration projects are being implemented at the level of local governments and communities, and this could also be a chance for cooperation with Polish entrepreneurs.

🇺🇦 🇮🇹“On the road to URC 2025": a preparatory event was held in Milan for the upcoming Ukraine Recovery Conference. One of the public discussions on energy and green transition was moderated by DiXi Group president Olena Pavlenko 🌱 ⚡ Today's discussion focused on addressing Ukraine's short- and long-term recovery needs, as well as private sector participation in building a sustainable, green and resilient energy system, taking into account the Climate Neutrality Goals and the implementation of the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP). DiXi Group Vice President Anton Antonenko also took part in the working session on critical raw materials. ⛏️ Ukraine has a significant potential in the field of mineral resources, which can become a key factor in economic growth and integration of the country into global economic processes. In his speech, Anton Antonenko spoke about the development of a comprehensive strategy for the development of critical raw materials, which was created by the team of our think tank. 🎙️ In addition, DiXi Group Development Director and Head of the Green Transition Office Andriy Kitura moderated B2B networking between Ukrainian and Italian businesses on the development and implementation of projects in the energy and climate sectors. 🧩 After a fruitful event in Milan, we are gaining momentum before the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025!

💥 Russian War Against Ukraine: #EnergyDimension | #DiXiGroupAlert February 24 – March 2 👇 🔹 The Ministry of Energy, in cooperation with Ukrenergo and the Danish Energy Agency, developed a mobile application that informs users about the state of the grid and the availability of electricity in each region, as well as provides advice on how to help maintain balance in the power system. 🔹 The European Commission announced financial support for gas purchases through the Ukraine Facility, which will help replenish stocks and ensure reliable supply, contributing to the energy security of both Ukraine and wider region; this step is part of a new support package that also includes the integration of the Ukrainian electricity market into the EU by spring 2027 and acceleration of investments in renewable energy. 🔹 During the three years of full–scale war, Russia carried out more than 30 massive attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and occupied generation facilities with a total capacity of 18 GW; last year, 10 GW of power generation was lost or damaged as a result of Russian strikes, Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said. 🔹 Ukrtransgas (the gas storage operator) purchased 32.2 mcm of imported gas (+35.7% WoW) at a weighted average price of 26.4 UAH per cubic meter excluding VAT (–15.1% WoW). 👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4inzj3I

Framatome-Rosatom Project in Germany Threatens EU Energy Security ⚠️: DiXi Group’s Explanation 🔎 How exactly? Olena Lapenko, General Manager for Security and Resilience at DiXi Group, explains in her column for the Tagesspiegel Background. 📍 In the article, the expert highlighted the risks of cooperation between France’s Framatome and russia’s Rosatom in the German city of Lingen. 💬 "The EU has made significant efforts to eliminate dependence on russian energy resources, including nuclear fuel. However, the Lingen project, where Framatome plans to produce fuel in collaboration with Rosatom, could undermine all these achievements. Europe risks falling back into the trap of energy dependence on Russia," the column states. ⚛️ Currently, 19 VVER nuclear reactors operate in Europe, which previously relied on russian fuel. Operators have already signed contracts with Westinghouse and Framatome, but the latter lacks its own technology for these reactors and is therefore forced to collaborate with russia. 📊 Recently, DiXi Group calculated how many deals Rosatom has signed worldwide during the full-scale war: bit.ly/41h3ra6 ⚠️ Why is this dangerous? 🔹 The use of russian components in European production could pose additional security threats, including espionage 🕵️, sabotage 🛠️, and nuclear risks ☢️. 🔹 Exports of nuclear fuel to the EU have generated between €300 million and €700 million annually for Rosatom 💰. 🔹 Even if part of the revenue remains with Framatome, licensing payments and control over key components will remain in russian hands. 🚨 Due to these risks, the "Rosatom-Framatome" project is under intense public scrutiny. In November 2024, around 11,000 objections were submitted against the project during public hearings in Lingen ✊. The Minister for the Environment of Lower Saxony supported the protesters, but a final decision has yet to be made. ⏳ The EU is funding alternative nuclear fuel supply programs ⚙️ but has still not imposed #sanctions on the russian nuclear sector. This allows Rosatom to maintain a presence in the European market despite the #war in Ukraine. 🔥 Delays play into the Kremlin’s hands. Europe must decide what matters more—energy security 🔒 or lucrative contracts with an aggressor state. 📖 Read Olena Lapenko’s column for Tagesspiegel: bit.ly/4idwClt

An opportunity for you: why should you join the DiXi Group team? Working in our think tank is a great opportunity to have a greater impact on the development of the energy and other important sectors and see concrete changes for the better through joint efforts 🧩 ✅ It also means social significance, professional and career growth, decent salary paid on time, interesting tasks, flexible working hours, an atmosphere of mutual support and respect among like-minded people. This is how the team of our think tank describes their biggest motivation to work at DiXi Group. We appreciate, take into account and record their opinions, including through surveys, because it helps us to improve ourselves 🎯. What inspires you? Let's find out together! 🤝 We offer two vacancies 💼 Technical expert / technical expert on energy efficiency What will you do? Develop methodological recommendations for calculating energy consumption data in hromadas, improve procedures for collecting such information and access to it 🗂️ How will we evaluate your proposal? All the most important details can be found here ▶️ https://bit.ly/41v6v3J. 💼 Energy efficiency expert in Zhytomyr, Kalush and Nizhyn What will you do? Prepare these cities for the transition to clean energy with the help of innovative financing, develop a strategy for engaging key stakeholders and a handbook summarising the achievements of the project 📗 What else do we expect and what documents will be needed? For an exhaustive list, follow this link 👉 https://bit.ly/3Qw4nTh 👁️ Find more vacancies on the DiXi Group website in the ‘Competitions’ section:  https://bit.ly/3D9nb7I We look forward to fruitful cooperation!

🔍 Why Ukraine’s Energy Regulator should be independent and how to strengthen its capacity? Roman Nitsovych emphasizes: "The Regulator is not just a referee balancing the interests of all players, but also a conductor ensuring that the markets operate efficiently, remain liquid, and do not incur debts." In his view, the role of NEURC is comparable to that of Ukraine’s National Bank. The Research Director of DiXi Group noted that the energy and utilities markets encompass transactions totaling hundreds of billions of UAH, directly impacting all consumers. This necessitates the NEURC independence and professionalism. The challenges related to this became a focal point of the RRR4U consortium's presentation on implementing Ukraine's structural reform commitments. MP Andrii Herus believes that the NEURC independence is sufficiently ensured at the legislative level: "We should focus not on another change in the legal framework, there have already been enough of them, but on its actual implementation." Andrej Juris, the head of the Energy Community Secretariat ECRB Unit, explained that one of the organization’s functions is to assess national regulators. It is not only about independence, but institutional capacity as well. Such assessments of Ukraine's Energy Regulator are planned to be repeated every three years, and the first one is scheduled for October 2025. Aron Kerpel-Fronius, Energy Advisor of EU Delegation to Ukraine, spoke in more detail about the EU's expectations for an independent Regulator: "European Commission is working in close tandem with the EnCS to ensure that upcoming Ukrainian legislation strengthens the Regulator's financial and organizational independence." He also highlighted that all the European Commission requirements for Ukraine are actually for the benefit of the Ukrainians themselves, they will increase market transparency and regulatory stability, which in turn will allow to attract more investment and stabilize prices. In addition to the special topic, the #RRR4U consortium presented the current results of Monitoring the implementation of the International Monetary Fund program conditions and the Ukraine Facility. Viacheslav Kurylo pointed out that this year Ukraine waits for four reviews of the IMF program implementation, and if they are successful, tranches of $2.7 billion. The analyst emphasized the tendency towards untimely performance: for example, by the end of February we were supposed to have five structural beacons implemented, but so far only one is well on schedule. Despite this, the expert hopes that Ukraine will pass the current review. As for cooperation with the EU, we have fulfilled five of the 16 indicators, which we must implement by the end of March. At the same time, no significant problems should arise with nine more, Maksym Samoiliuk is convinced. He warned of the threat of difficulties with only two indicators. The discussion was moderated by Oleksandra Betliy from IER.

🇺🇦 🇺🇸 Agreement between Ukraine and the US on a joint investment fund. 🎙️ Olena Pavlenko, President of DiXi Group, told BBC News about the benefits and possible risks. 

Ukraine's reconstruction must be energy efficient. How to achieve it? A comprehensive step-by-step plan from DiXi Group and BPIE - Buildings Performance Institute Europe provides an answer for Ukrainian local governments. Our think tank has already been working with communities and helping them develop municipal energy plans. The experience gained, as well as the opportunities available in both 🇺🇦 and 🇪🇺, have been summarized by experts in the analytical document presented. Viktoria Kovalenko, DiXi Group's General Manager of Sustainable Development, who moderated the presentation, pointed out: "We hope that the plan will become an important guide on the path to green recovery and energy efficient transition of Ukraine". "Energy efficiency measures are critically necessary for further development to reduce energy consumption and ensure better and more predictable management of energy demand," emphasized Deputy Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine Maryna Denysiuk. The presented plan, which covers three stages, namely the development, implementation, and support of relevant measures set, and specific steps, each described by Alona Korohod, will help to start energy efficient reconstruction at the local level. The biggest obstacle to implementing energy efficiency measures is the lack of adequate funding. Mariangiola Fabbri considers it key to renovation and reconstruction. BPIE expert spoke about various financial mechanisms, shared European experience and recommendations. "The point of advantage is to look at countries with similar building stock. You need to know your target in terms of building typology, ownership, income level, and then choose something combined of different financing instruments,” the expert highlighted.   First Deputy Head of the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine Maria Malaia pointed out that the foundations of the presented plan were laid by DiXi Group experts during the NECP preparation, as the document outlined the indicators that Ukraine must achieve. The Energy Efficiency Fund of Ukraine programs are aimed at energy efficiency and energy independence in the housing sector, the capabilities and results of these programs were outlined by the Head of the Fund's Verification Department Anastasiya Shcherbynina. International Energy Agency (IEA) Energy Efficiency Policy Analyst Ksenia Petrichenko covered the global situation and stated that leading practices in the residential sector are based on efficiency, decarbonization, the use of smart technologies and flexibility but the challenge lies in the need to implement them in the realities of specific countries. Recovery and Reform Support Team at the Ministry for Restoration of Ukraine Project Manager Liubava Radiychuk emphasized the need to diversify funding, expand it beyond condominiums and housing cooperatives, and fulfill the goals set by the EU.

💪 How to strengthen Ukraine's National Commission State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NEURC)? Our event's participants know This Friday, February 28, together with our #RRR4U partners, we will present the Monitoring of the IMF Program and EU Assistance Implementation under the Ukraine Facility 🔍 The special topic of the new issue is Strengthening the Capacity and Independence of the Energy Regulator. What changes do we need to achieve this❓ Let's find out together with: 🔵 DiXi Group's Research Director Roman Nitsovych; 🟡 Head of the Energy Community ECRB Unit Andrej Juris; 🔵 Energy Advisor of EU Delegation to Ukraine Aron Kerpel-Fronius; 🟡 Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Energy, Housing and Communal Services, MP Andrii Herus; 🔵 Ex-Secretary of the NEURC's Competition Commission Svitlana Holikova. The discussion will be moderated by Oleksandra Betliy, Leading Research Fellow and Project Coordinator at the IER 🎙️ Experts will outline what will help the Regulator better: ✅ ensure the efficient and transparent operation of the gas and electricity markets; ✔️ balance the interests of all parties; ✅ guarantee the protection of vulnerable consumers. We will also focus on the current status of Ukraine's implementation of the International Monetary Fund program, its key achievements and challenges, and the results of the first year of the Ukraine Facility Plan's implementation. Please register ▶️ https://bit.ly/4hRs8AG. 💠 💠 💠 RRR4U (Resilience, Reconstruction and Relief for Ukraine) is a consortium of four Ukrainian civil society organisations: DiXi Group, Centre for Economic Strategy / Центр економічної стратегії, Institute of Analytics and Advocacy, and Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting. RRR4U monitors how Ukraine fulfills the conditions of key international financing programs from the IMF and the EU, and publishes relevant research monthly and quarterly, which can be found here: rrr4u.org/en/analytics. The event will be held with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation.