Two of these are already online, and the remaining three are undergoing final testing, Kyiv City State Administration official Petro Panteleyev told Hromadske.
The five units together produce 66 megawatts, not nearly enough to cover the capital’s entire demand, but sufficient to support some critical facilities.
“We’re still procuring capacity because we see additional risks: [Russian] attacks on [natural] gas infrastructure,” Panteleyev said.
“We’ve ordered a 20-megawatt diesel plant that we plan to commission in March. We also expect to bring another large power station online in August.”
Each mini-CHP is placed inside a protective structure. Kyiv has spent about UAH12 billion ($325 million) on equipment, installation, and anti-drone shelters for seven such units. In 2024, the city ordered 15 cogeneration plants to produce heat and electricity; municipal utility Kyivteploenergo awarded a contract to a Slovak company to supply 40.5 megawatts of generating capacity.
Panteleyev previously described the gas-powered CHP plants as backup power for critical infrastructure.
“When the main power grid goes down, large heat-generation plants stop operating because no generator capacity can sustain them,” he said in a November 2025 interview.
“A mini-CHP keeps the heating plant running and can distribute any surplus electricity to nearby homes.”
Funding for the mini-CHP program comes from the city budget, Kyivteploenergo, and the UN Development Programme.