The United Nations Development Programme has approved an additional $230 million for emergency energy equipment procurement and installation in Ukraine in 2026, according to Ukraine's Permanent Mission to the UN.
The announcement follows meetings between Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN, Andriy Melnik, and newly appointed UNDP Administrator Alexander De Croo and UNDP Regional Director for Europe Ivana Živković, during which Melnik presented a list of equipment needed to repair Ukrainian energy facilities and called for urgent action.
"We are pleased that results followed quickly. Today we received an official note with excellent news: the UNDP leadership has decided on the urgent procurement and installation of additional energy equipment worth over $230 million for 2026," the Permanent Mission said in a Facebook post.
The funding context is significant. January 2026 saw what the Permanent Mission described as "the most destructive" month for Ukraine's energy sector since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, leaving "millions of Ukrainians forced to survive without light, heat and water."
The $230 million will cover supply and installation of cogeneration units, gas turbine equipment, transformers, compressor stations, modular boiler houses, and other equipment across multiple cities including Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Kremenchuk, Lviv, Lutsk, and Shostka.
The largest individual projects include a 54 MW gas turbine unit at the Kremenchuk Combined Heat and Power Plant, estimated at $24 million, and cogeneration units for Kyiv (25 MW, $20 million), Odesa (40 MW, $20 million), Zaporizhzhia (16.2 MW and 20 MW combined, $8 million), and Mykolaiv (9.8 MW, $5.5 million).
By the start of 2026, UNDP had already procured energy equipment with a total capacity of 572.3 MW, which, according to the Permanent Mission, provided electricity and heat to over 6.6 million Ukrainians.
"This is not just abstract figures. This is, above all, restored light in the homes of millions of Ukrainians. This is warmth in dozens of hospitals and schools. This is restored water supply for municipalities," the Permanent Mission added.
