The French company GE Vernova and PJSC Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo have signed a €13 million contract. The agreement provides for the production and delivery of two mobile substations, which will strengthen the region’s energy resilience and enable rapid response to wartime challenges.
This contract is the final, nineteenth agreement signed under the intergovernmental Grant Agreement between Ukraine and France, concluded in June 2024 for a total of €200 million.
“As part of the Grant Agreement, we approved 19 projects worth €200 million in the fields of healthcare, energy, water supply, transport, and demining. Under one of the projects, we expect to receive the first 10 of 40 robotic machines this summer — for firefighting, life-saving, and infrastructure protection — from the French company Shark Robotics. I thank France for a partnership that translates into tangible results for Ukrainian communities,” said First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko.
The French side not only provides funding but also involves leading companies in implementing the projects — GE Vernova in energy, Dessintey and Schiller Medical in healthcare, DMS Imaging in diagnostics, among others.
Background:
The intergovernmental Grant Agreement between Ukraine and France was signed on June 7, 2024, in Paris. It provides for €200 million in non-repayable aid, up to 50% of which can be used to procure Ukrainian goods and services — also stimulating the national economy.
Within the framework of the agreement, 19 projects have been selected in healthcare, energy, water supply, demining, and transport — all in priority areas for the country's recovery.
