Kiev Mayor Klitschko signs memorandum of cooperation with Germany's GIZ to upgrade city heat supply system

MOSCOW. July 8 (Interfax) - Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko and Winfried Damm, director of the Reform of the District Heating Sector in Ukraine project (ReWarm), have signed a memorandum of cooperation between the Kiev City Council and the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) toward upgrading the city's centralized heat supply system, Ukrainian media reported with reference to the Kiev mayor's website.

"In May, Kiev endorsed an energy recovery concept through distributed cogeneration. This is a large set of measures. In particular, we plan to make heat and power generation local and distributed among different districts of the city. We are speaking of energy decentralization. New mini low- and medium-capacity heat and power plants capable of using various types of fuel will appear in the capital," Klitschko said.

He thanked German partners for their willingness to continue supporting the city and its residents.

"The concept will help make the capital's power supply more sustainable, efficient, and autonomous," Klitschko said.