On the sidelines of the 69th IAEA General Conference, Minister of Energy of Ukraine Svitlana Grynchuk met with the heads of delegations from Poland, the United Kingdom, France, Estonia, the Netherlands, as well as representatives of the European Commission.

In particular, during talks with Poland’s Deputy Minister of Energy – Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure Wojciech Wrochny, the Minister discussed the development of nuclear energy and limiting Russian energy supplies to the EU.

Ukraine’s Minister of Energy, Svitlana Grynchuk, met with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna.

During the dialogue, they discussed opportunities to expand bilateral cooperation, including the development of new nuclear generation capacities in Ukraine, advancement of the uranium industry, the introduction of U.S. technologies, and the diversification of gas supply sources and routes. According to the Minister, these measures will strengthen Ukraine’s energy security and enhance its position in European and global energy markets.

Deputy Ministers of Energy of Ukraine Roman Andarak and Olha Yukhymchuk held a meeting with a delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development led by EBRD Managing Director for Ukraine and Moldova, Arvid Tuerkner. The key topic of the meeting was current and future cooperation aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s energy resilience.

Within the framework of the 69th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna, Minister of Energy of Ukraine Svitlana Grynchuk held a meeting with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.

Key topics of discussion included the Agency’s support for Ukraine’s nuclear sector and energy resilience, the current situation at the Zaporizhzhia NPP, and the restoration of the sarcophagus over the Chernobyl NPP.

As part of Ukraine’s participation in the 69th IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Minister of Energy of Ukraine Svitlana Grynchuk held a series of bilateral meetings with the heads of delegations from Belgium, Germany, Canada, Sweden, and Austria.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy extended his greetings to the employees of Ukraine’s oil, gas, and refining sectors on their professional holiday, expressing gratitude for their daily dedication and significant contribution to ensuring the stable operation of the country’s fuel and energy complex under martial law conditions.

The President emphasized that the resilience of the Ukrainian state would not have been possible without the courage and commitment of oil and gas industry workers.

Ukraine’s Minister of Energy Svitlana Grynchuk participated in the 69th session of the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, calling on the international community to take urgent measures to prevent further escalation of the situation at Ukrainian nuclear power plants due to Russia’s criminal actions.

Ukraine’s Minister of Energy Svitlana Grynchuk held a meeting with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine, Natalka Cmoc, during which the parties discussed avenues for expanding cooperation in the energy sector.

The meeting continued the dialogue initiated between the leadership of the two countries — President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney—during the Canadian Prime Minister’s visit to Ukraine in August this year.

In Zaporizhzhia, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko, a meeting of the Anti-Crisis Energy Headquarters was held. The session was attended by Vice Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine – Minister for Communities and Territories Development Oleksii Kuleba, Minister of Energy of Ukraine Svitlana Grynchuk, representatives of the Verkhovna Rada, energy companies, the Ministry of Defense, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the State Service for Special Communications.

Ukraine has launched the largest energy storage system complex with a capacity of 200 MW, built by DTEK in partnership with the U.S. company Fluence Energy B.V.

The complex includes six facilities located in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, constructed in a record time of just one year. The project’s investment amounted to €125 million.

Overall, the system can store 400 MWh of electricity, enough to supply 600,000 households for two hours.