The municipality of Odessa, in collaboration with the Japanese government and UNDP, along with international partners from Norway and Sweden, is implementing a project focused on constructing generation facilities based on gas engine technology with a total capacity of approximately 30 MW.

This project is part of the energy sector decentralization strategy aimed at enhancing the energy resilience and security of the Odessa community.

The first cogeneration unit is already connected to the system and is supplying one of the city's boiler houses.

«This unit can generate 3.3 MW per hour. The boiler house requires about half of that capacity. We plan to use the excess for powering other critical infrastructure facilities,» said the Mayor of Odessa.

Currently, work is ongoing to connect three more cogeneration units that have already been delivered to the city. In total, 9 units with an overall capacity of 30 MW will be manufactured for Odessa under the UNDP order.

Additionally, 7 cogeneration units from the German Agency GIZ have arrived in Odessa. All of them will be installed at district boiler houses, with two already in the connection process. Components for connecting the remaining five units are expected to arrive soon.