171 enterprises and communities from 14 regions of Ukraine have used the simplified procedure for changing the designated use of agricultural land to industrial and energy land for the construction of new enterprises and power plants. This was announced at the Kyiv International Economic Forum by Dmytro Kysylevskyi, Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Development. He is the author of the law that reduced the duration of changing the designated land use from 1–3 years to 1.5 months.
Decisions to change the designated purpose of land under the simplified procedure have been adopted for the construction of production and warehouse facilities (75 plots), production of energy from renewable sources (42 plots), industrial production and industrial parks (26 plots), and other facilities (28 plots). The highest number of positive decisions was adopted in Kyiv, Zakarpattia, Rivne, Zhytomyr and Kirovohrad regions. No positive decision has yet been adopted in Sumy, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Luhansk, Odesa, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, and Cherkasy regions.
In total, under the simplified procedure, the designated use of land has been changed from agricultural to industrial and energy use for plots with a combined area of 1,050 hectares. Of these:
434 ha – production of energy from renewable sources
385 ha – production and warehouse facilities
121 ha – industrial production and industrial parks
110 ha – other.
“Land purchase and the subsequent change of its designated use for a long time was one of the most time-consuming and corruption-prone stages of making investments in industry and energy. On average, this simple procedure in essence used to take 2–3 years of bureaucracy, corruption, and humiliation of entrepreneurs. Now the situation has changed. The simplified procedure takes 1.5–2 months, and it allows saving time and money when launching new production. But most importantly, investors who dare to build industrial or energy facilities during the war feel a better attitude from the state,” noted Dmytro Kysylevskyi.
The simplified procedure for changing the designated use of land plots applies to agricultural land outside populated areas, where no urban planning documentation has been developed, for the placement of facilities in industry and energy defined by law:
Industrial buildings and warehouses
Pipelines, utilities, and power transmission lines (excluding main oil pipelines and main gas pipelines)
Complex industrial structures (excluding enterprises and facilities for the enrichment and processing of nuclear materials; facilities and furnaces for waste incineration; nuclear power plants)
Buildings for agricultural purposes, forestry, and fisheries.
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Katerina Reiche has promised Ukraine additional aid in the amount of €30 million for the energy sector, and this amount may still be increased, Tagesspiegel reported on Friday.
During her visit to Kyiv, Reiche told reporters that in early October, about 60% of Ukraine’s gas supply had been destroyed by Russian attacks.
“Russia’s goal is obviously to exhaust Ukraine. We will help restore the energy infrastructure,” she said.
Germany has already allocated a third of the total amount of EUR 390 million to the Energy Assistance Fund for Ukraine, and has promised to invest another EUR 30 million in Ukraine, with the possibility of further increases.
As reported, Reiche arrived in Kyiv on Friday to assess Ukraine’s needs for rebuilding its energy infrastructure after large-scale Russian attacks that severely damaged the power grid, Reuters reports. In addition to rebuilding the energy infrastructure, Reiche intends to focus on expanding German-Ukrainian defense cooperation.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has set the heating season from November 1 to March 31, instead of the previous period from October 15 to April 15.
The government formalized its decision by Resolution No. 1267 of October 8, 2025, “On amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of July 19, 2022, No. 812 ‘On approval of the Regulation on the imposition of special obligations on natural gas market entities to ensure public interests in the process of functioning of the natural gas market regarding the peculiarities of natural gas supply to heat producers and budgetary institutions.’”
Source: https://interfax.com.ua/
Ukrainian company AII Systems has introduced an artificial intelligence platform for automated control of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, which allows commercial buildings to reduce energy consumption by 10-20% without additional capital expenditures, the company’s press service reported.
“Energy efficiency is becoming a determining factor in competitiveness in the commercial real estate sector. Businesses need tools that make consumption predictable and transparent. Our AI platform provides exactly that,” said Yaroslav Smolko, CEO and owner of AII Systems.
According to him, the AI platform integrates with existing control systems and analyzes sensor data, weather conditions, and building occupancy levels. Algorithms predict loads and optimize equipment operation in real time. Results are monitored through KPI dashboards: energy consumption; COP; CO₂ levels; comfort indicators, etc.
According to estimates by the International Energy Agency, HVAC systems consume up to 40% of electricity in commercial buildings. Similar technologies are already actively used in the EU and the US, where they provide savings of 10-25%.
Smolko noted that even a 10% saving would have a significant financial impact, especially for networked facilities. In Ukraine, the AII Systems system is already being tested at two commercial facilities, and its effectiveness will be reported in the near future.
AII Systems is a Ukrainian technology company specializing in the development of solutions for energy-efficient building management. The owner of the “Aii systems” platform is “Company Siayti” LLC (38799735). According to OpenDataBot, the company’s revenue for 2024 amounted to UAH 8.3 million, which is 1.8 times more than in 2023, with a net profit of UAH 171,900 compared to UAH 6,200 in 2023.
Serbia’s ElevenEs (Subotica) continues to develop its industrial production project for lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries: the current line in Subotica operates as Europe’s first LFP cell production site, and the company is finalizing plans to build a “mega-factory” with a target capacity of 1 GWh per year and is working on further expansion to 8 GWh. This is evidenced by company and management announcements for 2023-2025, as well as recent industry reports.
The launch was reported in April 2023: the company specializes in prismatic LFP cells and was the “first” operating industrial site of this type in the EU. At launch, the company declared an output of 300-500 MWh/year, with ramp-up in 2024-25.
The corporate website states that the team has 100+ employees; in May 2025, a new type of prismatic “blade” cell EDGE574 for transportation and industrial applications was introduced.
In an interview on February 11, 2025. ElevenEs CEO Nemanja Mikač said the company is “finalizing the project” to build a 1 GWh/year plant; 2026 is described as a “key year” for scaling. At the end of May 2025, the company confirmed a 1 GWh “mega-factory” target and plans to build an 8 GWh gigafactory in Serbia. Timing and sources of financing were not disclosed.
Recycling/disposal. In June 2025, ElevenEs announced an agreement to establish a JV for LFP waste/spent cell recycling, tying the initiative to future scale-up of production.
Nickel- and cobalt-free LFP chemistry is valued for its safety, resource and cycle cost – these are the niches ElevenEs is targeting (energy storage, commercial transportation, “industrial” applications). For Serbia, the project means the formation of a link in the European battery supply chain, and for the EU it means diversification of LFP production in the region.
A number of strategic figures in the public space (e.g. possible transition to tens of GWh by 2030) are indicative and depend on financing and signed off-takes; industry studies separately note the risk factors of European battery projects. We rely on confirmed near-term targets (1 and 8 GWh) and the actual operating site in Subotica.
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DTEK, together with the American company Fluence, has built a 200 MW energy storage facility (ESF), which is currently the largest such complex in Ukraine, the energy holding company reported.
“The DTEK Group has commissioned 200 MW of ESS facilities, created in partnership with the leading American company Fluence, a global leader in energy storage. The company has connected six new facilities of various capacities, ranging from 20 to 50 MW, to the power grid in the Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions,” DTEK said in a press release on Thursday.
According to the release, DTEK’s investment in the construction of the complex, which lasted from March to August 2025, amounted to EUR125 million, and in total, the system will be able to store 400 MW*h of electricity, which is enough to supply 600,000 Ukrainian homes for two hours.
“In the context of massive attacks on the Ukrainian power system, the role of energy storage systems has become as fundamental as generation itself. The National Renewable Energy Action Plan until 2030, adopted by the government, clearly defines the need for such installations, and today we are seeing strategic goals being implemented. I am grateful to the DTEK Group for its proactivity in this matter and to our American partners at Fluence for their advanced technologies, thanks to which each new megawatt of storage acts as a shield for the entire power system. This means greater security for Ukrainians and fewer risks of emergency blackouts,” commented Ukrainian Energy Minister Svitlana Grinchuk.
DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko called the launch of the UZE complex a historic step for the Ukrainian power grid, which will determine its development for years to come.
“We implemented it together with Fluence, a global leader in energy storage. In cooperation with our American partners, we are integrating the most advanced technologies to make Ukraine’s power system more reliable and resilient,” he said.
According to Fluence CEO Julian Nebreza, this is a joint contribution to creating a stronger, more resilient, and decentralized energy system that will ensure Ukraine’s long-term stability.
“We are honored to be working with DTEK on this landmark energy storage project. The extraordinary determination and efficiency that DTEK has demonstrated in implementing this project is truly inspiring. This achievement is a testament to resilience and a symbol of what can be achieved through close international cooperation. Even in these extremely challenging times, innovation and partnership can pave the way to greater energy security,” Nebreda emphasized.
As reported, DTEK and Fluence announced their intention to implement a project for modern energy storage systems (ESS, energy storage, energy storage facilities) in Ukraine with a capacity of 200 MW and a cost of EUR140 million in January 2025. It involved six energy storage facilities.
In June 2025, the DTEK energy holding received a EUR67 million loan from a consortium of Ukrainian banks consisting of Oschadbank, PUMB, and Ukrgasbank (UGB) for the construction of an 180 MW ESS.
At the time, the energy holding company noted that this was the first loan of this scale in Ukraine for the development of energy storage technologies, and the project itself was one of the largest in Eastern Europe.
DTEK won a special auction held by NPC Ukrenergo for the provision of automatic frequency restoration reserve (AFRR) services with 140 MW of UZE. Under the terms of the auction, NEC will purchase these services at the auction price for five years, starting October 1, 2025.
Fluence, headquartered in Washington, was founded in 2018 by Siemens and AES Corporation. The company has built approximately 35 GWh of energy storage capacity and approximately 30 GW of renewable energy sources.
Fluence has significant experience in integrating energy storage facilities into national energy infrastructures, with a portfolio of energy storage projects with a capacity of 201 MW in Lithuania and 450 MW in Germany.
DTEK was established in 2005 to manage the energy assets of Rinat Akhmetov’s System Capital Management (SCM, Donetsk) group. The corporation has been delegated the functions of strategic management of the group’s enterprises, which have formed a vertically integrated chain of coal mining and enrichment, electricity production and sales.
