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EUROPE AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF
INDEPENDENT STATES
UKRAINE
Market Solutions Drive Efficiency and Energy Conservation 1
SPOTLIGHT
CLIMATE CHANGE
QUICK FACTS
Total UNDP-GEF and Co-Finance: $9,308,290
Total UNDP and Co-Finance: $900,000
Total: $10,208,290
POLAND
Lviv
ROMANIA
BELARUS
MOLDOVA
Odessa
Black
Sea
Kharkiv
UKRAINE
Ukraine is one of the least energy efficient countries in the world, with the highest
emissions levels per unit of GDP among the Commonwealth of Independent
States, and significantly exceeds the levels in most European countries. Ukraine’s poor economic conditions and the corresponding
severe drop in the level of services, as well as global fuel price increases from 2003-2005 have exacerbated the situation.
In 2003 the city of Rivne competed against 15 other Ukrainian municipalities, winning the opportunity to develop an energy
savings consulting organization, or “ESCO” to address the poor functioning of the city’s heat and hot water supply system. With
a US$ 2 million grant from the GEF, UNDP assisted Rivne develop ESCO-Rivne, a public-private partnership that is a wholly
municipally-owned private corporation devoted to refurbishing municipal heat generation systems, and developing of a market
for energy efficiency ideas.
The first phase of the project has made significant achievements in improving the overall capacity
of ESCO-Rivne for implementing energy efficiency activities in the municipal district heating
sector. An Energy Efficiency Plan for Rivne has been prepared and presented.The Plan covers
all areas of heat and electric power generation, distribution and consumption in Rivne, and
contains a proposed strategy for the implementation of energy efficiency measures. In further
support of this project, the Prime Minister and UNDP’s Executive Board have visited
the site.
Emissions reduction from the period June-December 2004 was 7,800 tons of CO2 equivalent.
In addition, heat loss from the water pipes has since dropped from 22-25% to 6-8%,
resulting in reduced natural gas use and emissions. Finally, as a result of UNDP’s resource
management and capacity development assistance, 50,000 inhabitants of one of the central
neighbourhoods now receive 24-hour hot water and heating, and the municipality has cut its
energy bill by one-third, a cost savings of $100,000 per month.
Kiev
Donetsk
RUSSIA
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