Czech-Ukrainian partnership: cooperation for reconstruction and sustainable development
June 16. Acting CEO Bogdan Sukhetskyi meets with Vaclav Bartuska, Ambassador at Large for Energy Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, Benjamin Ziga, Deputy Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to Ukraine, and Ivan Levchenko, Economic Counselor of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ukraine.
At the beginning of the meeting, Bogdan Sukhetskyi said that the company is currently going through a transformation period, but the main and unchanged tasks of the company remain to provide the integrated power system with balancing capacities, continuously continue the process of rebuilding damaged facilities and carry out and improve the protection of HPPs and PSPs.
The parties discussed the situation in Ukraine's power system during the ongoing war, focused on the consequences of numerous enemy attacks on hydropower facilities, discussed working conditions and key challenges that hydropower companies face in their daily work.
Bogdan Sukhetskyi also spoke about the company's investment projects, emphasizing their priority not only for the Ukrainian energy sector but also for the European energy community.
Following the meeting, the parties outlined opportunities to deepen further cooperation between the Czech Republic and Ukraine.
Czech diplomats noted their readiness to continue to support Ukrainian energy professionals, both in terms of emergency assistance and long-term cooperation in the implementation of energy projects.
For their part, the management of Ukrhydroenergo expressed their sincere gratitude to the Czech people for their comprehensive support of Ukrainians in their struggle for freedom and independence..
Ukrhydroenergo has a long-standing partnership with the Czech Republic. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Czech delegations have repeatedly visited hydroelectric power plants to see firsthand the consequences of missile attacks on Ukrainian HPPs and assess the realities in which power engineers are heroically overcoming challenges. In August 2023, Ukrhydroenergo and the Czech company ZDAS signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in the implementation of projects for the reconstruction and new construction of hydroelectric power plants. The purpose of the cooperation is to develop the fuel and energy complex of Ukraine and create incentives and guarantees at the state level to promote investment and innovative technologies in the energy sector.
