Report: Ukraine Energy Support Fund sustains Ukraine’s energy system under attack

During the first half of 2025, Ukraine’s energy sector was hit harder than ever before: more than half of pre-war generation capacity was offline or destroyed, including around 70% of the country’s thermal capacity, the Ukraine Energy Support Fund has said in its recently released half-year report.

The Fund was established in April 2022 by the Energy Community Secretariat at the request of the Cabinet of the EU Commissioner for Energy to support the restoration and stabilisation of Ukraine’s energy system. 

The unprecedented losses in Ukraine, which have left the grid under constant strain, were matched by growing support requests to the Fund. In the first half of 2025 alone, the Ukraine Energy Support Fund matched €271.7 million in urgent requests with available funds. This brings total assistance since inception to over €1.3 billion.

The Fund scaled operations dramatically in response by ensuring urgent repairs and deploying decentralised generation to keep millions supplied with power and heat. Procurement surged in the first half of 2025, with €110 million in purchase agreements signed for turbines, transformers, mobile cogeneration units, generators and more. 

Since the Fund’s establishment to date, the cumulative value of signed supply contracts has reached nearly €750 million. Deliveries of critical energy equipment also accelerated despite war conditions, reaching €305.2 million in just six months. In total, €510 million worth of equipment has now been delivered, with priority given to the hardest-hit regions such as Kharkiv and Sumy.  

At the same time, the flagship Ray of Hope Programme expanded rapidly, installing solar-plus-storage systems in hospitals to guarantee power during blackouts. By June 2025, 170 requests had been approved and 22 contracts signed. As of today, 17 Ray of Hope projects are already producing electricity, ensuring a basic power supply in the event of blackouts while reducing consumption from the grid. 

In the first half of 2025, the Fund received €202.5 million in new contributions from a growing donor community, which now includes 33 countries. Yet despite this record support, a funding gap of up to €400 million remains between approved requests and available resources, even before accounting for the latest attacks and expected damage in the months ahead. 

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