Ukraine is actively expanding gas-turbine, gas-piston, and cogeneration installations to strengthen energy independence and meet the needs of communities, critical infrastructure, and industry.
Current installed capacities in regions:
- Kyiv region – 145 MW
- Sumy – 112.1 MW
- Volyn – 111.2 MW
- Ivano-Frankivsk – 97.6 MW
- Cherkasy – 96.4 MW
- Rivne – 94.3 MW
- Dnipropetrovsk – 93 MW
- Kharkiv – 92.1 MW
- Vinnytsia – 85.6 MW
- Zakarpattia – 68.5 MW
- Lviv – 68.3 MW
- Odesa – 55.9 MW
- Mykolaiv – 46.8 MW
- Chernihiv – 46.4 MW
- Kyiv – 41.1 MW
- Zhytomyr – 40.4 MW
- Khmelnytskyi – 34.9 MW
- Ternopil – 30.7 MW
- Zaporizhzhia – 19.8 MW
- Poltava – 12.3 MW
- Chernivtsi – 5.3 MW
- Kirovohrad – 4.4 MW
- Donetsk – 1.5 MW
The Government has simplified procedures for installing distributed generation projects:
- Reduced the list of required construction documents, permits, environmental assessments, and approvals;
- Eliminated the need to use the Unified State Electronic Construction System;
- Construction can proceed in parallel with project documentation preparation, and operation is allowed without a commissioning certificate;
- Land use requires agreement with landowners, regional authorities, and local government;
- Simplified grid connection procedures and reduced documentation and approval timelines;
- Removed capacity restrictions: communities, hospitals, schools, and enterprises can install small autonomous energy sources under the same rules as installations above 1 MW.
Additionally, a preferential lending mechanism has been introduced under the “Affordable Loans 5–7–9%” program. Eligible equipment includes gas-turbine, gas-piston, and biogas generation units, enabling businesses to access financial resources for these projects.
In 2025, the Ukrainian Parliament approved laws No. 4698-IX and No. 4710-IX, extending the exemption from import duties and VAT for energy equipment imported into Ukraine until January 1, 2029.
