Klitschko explained how Kyiv is preparing for the new heating season

Almost 50% of planned preparations for the 2026/2027 heating season have been completed in Kyiv. One of the main tasks remains creating a backup heat and power supply system in case of new Russian attacks on critical infrastructure.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced this on August 17 on the Kyiv TV channel. According to him, the city is preparing for a very difficult winter and is simultaneously working on restoring damaged energy facilities, protecting them, and creating additional energy sources.

A key part of the preparation will be a redundant heat supply system. It should make it possible to partially maintain heat supply if large centralized system facilities are damaged. It is impossible to completely replace the capital's thermal power plants with local sources: for replacing their thermal capacity alone, Kyiv would need about 2.1 GW of new capacity.

As part of this program, the city has already contracted equipment and started work at facilities with a total capacity of more than 1 GW. The Recovery Agency is working on facilities with a capacity of 564 MW.

In parallel, Kyiv is developing distributed cogeneration. The city's plan provides for obtaining 200 MW of such capacity by the end of 2026. The equipment has already been delivered and is being installed, and about 57.6 MW of generated electricity is fed into the power system.

A separate area is backup power for the water supply system. With a planned capacity of 40 MW, the city has already built three diesel power plants with a total capacity of 16.7 MW. Kyiv expects to commission the remaining capacity by the end of the year.

The capital is also expanding its fleet of mobile boiler houses and generators. Klitschko previously reported that by government decision, Kyiv should additionally receive 12 mobile boiler houses and 10 powerful generators. More than 2,000 apartment buildings have already implemented various energy resilience measures with the help of city programs.

Separate funds are also allocated for restoring energy facilities damaged by Russian shelling and for their engineering protection. The total cost of the capital's Resilience Plan after revision is estimated at UAH 37 billion. Some large projects, due to their scale, are planned to be completed after the heating season begins – by the end of 2026.

Based on materials from: KCSA