Organisers: German Platform for Reconstruction of Ukraine, Build Ukraine Back Better Platform

Format: online

This webinar will explore how Ukraine’s energy sector can address urgent wartime needs while laying the foundations for long-term resilience, decarbonisation and energy independence.

Russia’s full-scale war has caused extensive damage to electricity and heat infrastructure in Ukraine, undermining the reliability of essential energy services and exposing structural weaknesses in the sector. At the same time, the crisis has accelerated shifts already under way: a growing focus on decentralised renewable generation, energy autonomy for communities and critical infrastructure, and the need to reform district heating systems that have suffered from years of underinvestment. The challenge today is not only to restore what has been destroyed, but to transform Ukraine’s energy system in line with principles of sustainability, security and long-term resilience.

Bringing together Ukrainian and German experts, the discussion will focus on sustainable recovery pathways based on BUBB’s Sustainable Recovery Roadmap for the Energy Sector. Key themes include decentralised renewable energy generation, energy security for critical infrastructure, the future of district heating, regulatory and financing barriers, and the role of local communities in driving transformation.

The webinar aims to keep the vision of building Ukraine back better firmly on the German and international policy agenda, while offering participants practical insights into current challenges, policy options and scalable solutions for a resilient Ukrainian energy system.

Speakers:

• Olena Pavlenko, President, DiXi Group

• Susanne Nies, Project Lead Green Deal Ukraїna at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin

• Andriy Martynyuk, Executive Director, NGO Ecoclub

• Nataliia Gozak, Executive Director, Greenpeace Ukraine

• Julia Kahrl, Energy Diplomacy- Deputy Head of Division, German Federal Foreign Office