Ukraine and Italy agree to cooperate in the development of renewable energy

Ukraine and Italy agree to cooperate in the development of renewable energy

Kyiv  •  UNN

December 3 2023, 02:58 PM  •  40406 views

Ukraine and Italy sign a memorandum of cooperation on renewable energy development, focusing on energy transition and renewable energy during Ukraine's post-war recovery.

The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine and the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security of Italy signed a memorandum of cooperation in the development of renewable energy. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, UNN reports.

Details

The document was signed by Deputy Energy Minister of Ukraine Svitlana Hrynchuk and Vice Minister of the Italian Ministry of Environment Vannia Gava at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28, which is taking place in Dubai.

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Green transition and development of renewable energy are defined as one of the key tasks of the Energy Strategy of Ukraine until 2050, which was presented by Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko. Deepening cooperation in these areas with our Italian partners is important for Ukraine, and we are pleased to sign the relevant memorandum today

 - said Svitlana Grinchuk.

Green transition and development of renewable energy are defined as one of the key tasks of the Energy Strategy of Ukraine until 2050, which was presented by Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko. Deepening cooperation in these areas with our Italian partners is important for Ukraine, and we are pleased to sign the relevant memorandum today

 ," said Svitlana Grinchuk.

The parties agreed to cooperate in the field of energy transition and renewable energy. In particular, during the post-war recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine to achieve the goals of decarbonizing the entire energy sector.

Appendix 

The Memorandum provides for cooperation in the following areas of interest:

- technology transfer and capacity building in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sector; - exchange of best practices and knowledge in the energy transition and innovative technologies in the process of decarbonization;

- accelerate the deployment and use of renewable hydrogen, clean biogas and biomethane;

- strengthen public participation and exchange of best practices in energy system management, including the  revision of the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP).

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