The World Bank provided Kharkiv with $33.3 million for the development of energy infrastructure

Kharkiv received a $33.3 million grant from the World Bank to modernize its energy infrastructure. About this reported Mayor Ihor Terekhov.

“The World Bank has confirmed financial assistance to Kharkiv in the form of a grant in the amount of USD 33.3 million for the development of energy infrastructure. This is the second stage of the “RePower” program, and we were able to receive this funding thanks to the successful implementation of the first part of the project, signed last year at the conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine in Berlin.” – says the message.

Thanks to this financing, the city will be able to take another significant step forward. Kharkiv will receive an additional 8.5 megawatts of its own generation — modern cogeneration plants will appear in the most vulnerable areas. They will provide heat and power to hospitals, schools, boiler houses and residential buildings even in the event of a total blackout, especially where the risk of outages is highest.

As a result of Russian shelling, critical energy infrastructure in Kharkiv was almost completely destroyed. In particular, the Kharkiv CHP-5, which supplied heat and electricity, was decommissioned on March 22, 2024, after a large-scale Russian attack on the Ukrainian energy system.

At the same time, the CHP was not the only source of heat supply for the city — it provided about 30% of needs. The rest is covered by KP Kharkiv Heat Networks, and another 3% of heat comes from local industrial boiler houses.