Ukrnafta and the Finnish company Wärtsilä signed a framework agreement on the supply of complete equipment for gas piston units during a meeting between Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and the Ukrainian side, according to Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal.
“Together with the Finnish-Ukrainian Investment Facility (FUIF) and Ukrnafta, we are implementing a phased programme for deploying distributed gas-fired power generation,” he wrote on Telegram.
Shmyhal noted that within the first phase, a €80 million EBRD loan has already been secured, a credit agreement has been signed, a state guarantee has been confirmed, and procurement procedures under EBRD rules are ongoing.
According to him, for the next stages Ukraine plans to use FUIF financing in order to scale up the programme, including through the installation of gas piston power plants based on Wärtsilä equipment.
The Deputy Prime Minister added that all these projects are aimed at rapidly strengthening regional energy security, balancing Ukraine’s unified power system, and ensuring the operation of critical infrastructure.
