Netherlands to provide €178m to help Ukraine prepare for winter

The Netherlands will provide €178 million (approx. US$202.6 million) to prepare Ukraine for winter and develop distributed generation, and the country is also preparing to transfer decommissioned gas turbines to Ukraine as early as this autumn.

Source: Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal, as reported by European Pravda

Details: The Ukrainian minister noted that, on the sidelines of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk, he signed a cooperation roadmap in the energy sector with Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, the Netherlands' Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation.

Shmyhal said this primarily concerns coordination of efforts to prepare Ukraine for the 2026/2027 heating season, including the sourcing and accelerated procurement of critically important equipment.

"We will also work together on assessing and sourcing equipment from decommissioned power plants in the Netherlands to build up reserves and repair damaged energy facilities in Ukraine," he added.

The minister also noted that a separate area of cooperation is the development of distributed generation, involving Dutch technologies and the private sector in implementing the relevant projects.

Ukraine has already provided partners with a list of priority needs and expects deliveries of cogeneration units and other equipment to strengthen the resilience of the energy system, Shmyhal added.

Background:

• The Swedish government decided to allocate a new aid package to Ukraine worth nearly SEK 1.5 billion (approx. US$154 million) for 2026 to support the energy sector ahead of winter.
• At the fourth meeting of the "energy Ramstein" in G7+ format in the Polish city of Gdańsk, partners announced new contributions totalling €375 million to support Ukraine's energy sector.
• In April, Ukraine's partners announced new contributions to the Energy Support Fund of approximately €100 million (approx. US$113.8 million).

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