At least 14 operational processes are managed daily by specialists of ECU’s state Aggregation Group to ensure maximum economic efficiency of distributed generation assets and accelerate their integration into Ukraine’s unified energy system.
Expert support at every stage — from market analytics to dispatching and real-time monitoring of equipment performance — translates into additional revenue for generation owners, amounting to millions of hryvnias. For the power system, this means additional generation capacity during periods of acute shortage.
A specific case of distributed generation within the state Aggregation Group was presented by Oleksandr Kisilov, Head of Distributed Generation at ECU, during the forum “Energy That Powers the Country,” organized by RBC-Ukraine.
An industrial enterprise approached ECU at the commissioning stage of a 1.1 MW gas-fired unit, with little to no prior experience in electricity generation. The Aggregation Group team developed a comprehensive roadmap for integrating the facility into both the power system and the electricity market. With ECU’s support, the company resolved key technical and organizational challenges within weeks and joined the Aggregation Group.
Result: the client was able to stay focused on its core business without diverting resources to energy management. At the same time, based on the developed financial model, the first year of operation is expected to deliver not only savings on electricity for internal processes, but also additional revenue exceeding UAH 10 million.
“The primary mission of ECU’s state Aggregation Group is to ensure the rapid and efficient integration of distributed generation into the energy system and market — an essential factor for the country’s energy resilience in wartime. At the same time, our market-based tools enable even non-core businesses that install generation for their own needs to generate additional income. For municipal entities, this creates an opportunity to improve financial performance, while for businesses it provides additional incentives to invest in energy,” said Oleksandr Kisilov.
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