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The creation of sustainable energy clusters based on closed coal mines can accelerate the transformation of coal regions.This was emphasized by the Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Yaroslav Demchenkov during consultations with interested parties on the topic Fair transformation opportunities for Lviv Oblast. The project is implemented in partnership with GIZ Ukraine within the framework of the project Supporting Structural Changes in the Coal Regions of Ukraine financed by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany through the Federal Ministry of Economy and Climate Protection.Yaroslav Demchenkov emphasized that currently most of the settlements of Donetsk and Luhansk regions where coal mining is carried out are located in the combat zone occupied or blocked by the enemy. Mines in such conditions cannot fully function and this creates new environmental risks and socio-economic problems. According to the World Bank the shutdown of part of the coal-mining enterprises means total losses in the amount of more than 300 million US dollars.The Deputy Minister emphasized that the Ministry of Energy is developing the Energy Strategy of Ukraine until 2050 which defines the key directions and provides for the restoration of the energy sector based on the principles of sustainable development and the introduction of new green technologies and standards.Ukraine can become a place for creating clusters of sustainable energy. These clusters can appear in closed coal mines using the infrastructure of these enterprises. This is an important incentive for the development of regions creation of new jobs support of the countrys economy. This is an opportunity for the coal regions to give impetus to the new sustainable future of the entire country he emphasized.Yaroslav Demchenkov emphasized that Ukraine needs the support of partners in the physical closure of coal mines and reorientation of thermal power plants and thermal power plants that worked on coal to alternative steel fuels. Help is also needed in the formulation and implementation of the policy of gradual liquidation of the coal industry and fair transformation.We have time to form the Fund for the Fair Transformation of the Coal Regions of Ukraine and provide financial contributions to it for the implementation of projects in particular for the physical closure of coal mines added the Deputy Minister and noted that the Lviv region is a successful platform for the implementation of project initiatives to support regional development .With the support of the German Government the development of the Velikomostivska Mine Liquidation Plan and support for its implementation will be carried out this year. This project will be one of the pilot projects. It can become an example of a comprehensive approach to the development of the territory as part of this project an industrial park is being created in Chervonohrad measures are being taken to increase energy efficiency and economic diversification.
