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  • by Helmut Wolman A22E: Funding Application: German-Ukraine Energy Cooperation 2022

Civil Society Energy-Cooperation Ukraine



5.5.22


  1. Questions

  1. Online-Course onpower-supply for ecofriendly construciton-desing of refugee settlements

    1. Online-Live-Meetings for introduction on 23rd May
    2. Recorded-Online-Course (Mooc)
      1. People can use it in their freetime
    3. Closing online meetings with Q&A and Experts

Workcamp- Rebuilding


  • Regions are not ready to plan so long
    • nobody know what will happen
    • Not planning for anything with clean energy

  • Connecting Green-Tourism and Social Problems
    • Build small houses of around 25qm for Refugees (1 or 2 years) and later for Tourists
      • Off-Grid-Houses
      • Attract investors
      • Help internally displaced people
      • Replace the Disel-Generators (which are very common) by green energy (what can be cheaper on the long run)

Ecoclub is doing


  • Humanitarian Aid for affected people and territorial defense
    • Food
    • Equipment
    • Medicine
  • Stop to by russian energy
    • Meeting with Byers of russian energy
  • Set up a working group for after-war green recovery
    • political principles 
    • subsidarities for green transition

Official Goals
1) At least 50 energy ambassadors for Ukraine are trained. 
2) An online information portal for the Ukrainian public is created.
3. at least 20 participants from Ukraine take part in the community meeting (online if necessary) in Ukraine.
4) The evaluation shows that at least 85% of the participants are networked online after the project. 
5. at least 80% of the participants rate the events and meetings within the framework of the project as positive.

Todos
  1. Olena and Viktoria
    1. Find 14 Participants form Ukraine (and Refugees)
    2. Propare the Workshop and Off-Grid-Energy Systems

New Ideas After Invasion


  • Good-News
    • Our Project got Approved by German Ministry
    • Everybody is intrested in Ukrain

New Targetgroups



Ideas/ Aktivities


  1. Digital Plattform 
    1. News About renewable Energy
    2. Information about PV (Currently no PV-Plants are working)
  2. Chat-Bot
    1. TEchnical-Conditions
    2. Power-Generation
    3. Where to install it, how to maximize efficiency
  3. Education course in Berlin 
    1. Program: https://nc.civilsocietycooperation.net/apps/onlyoffice/s/jLTz8neHXoFXq9g
    2. 20 women abroad courses in Berlin
      1. refugees from Ukraine
      2. woman who wants to work in Power energy field
    • Students which are left in Ukraine, 
    • Vika and Olena have good access to them
    • Can provide a good amount of people
  • Women-Energy-Club Kiew
  • How to involve Jobless Energy-Consultants


    1. Energy women club from ukraine
  2. Idea rebuilding phase 
    1. we can try to fund for rebuilding houses after the war. 
  3. Grid-Independent Solar Modules
    1. https://www.facebook.com/102935347003111/posts/1017509438879026/
  4. Rebuild Better
    1. Rebuild climate friendly houses
    2. with solar panels
  5. Online-Course
    1. I have absolutely no faith that we will find an audience for an online course.
    2. How to design PV Plans
    3. How to build Island-Systems
    4. Train Rebuilding Teams for PV-Plants
  6. Dweller at rural areas
    1. Many empty houses in rural areas
      1. Repopulate the rural areas
      2. Renewables and Energy-Storage
      3. UN-Programm
      4. These areas have much firewood
    2. Work-Camp for Germans to help Rebuild Ukraine and build PV-Plants
      1. "Work and Travel"
      2. Ecovillages
    3. Olenas Software-Course on how to plan PV Power Plants
      1. How to design PV-Plants
      2. Software is free to use and can be used by civil society
      3. Optimize Own-Use
      4. Create Island-Systems
        1. Electromobile
  7. Replace 14% of Russian Gas
  8. DIA - Digital Plattform to solve Damaged
    1. Just tell what is damaged
    2. Replacement is given by governement

Commons Topics
  • Petrol is raising
  • How to get rid of gas
  • Electro-Mobility
  • Fire-Wood

Idea:
  • Building houses in rural areas of Ukraine

Solution:
  • first phase Online-Courses for volunteers going to rural areas of Ukraine
Here is our very first description of the idea of energy cooperatives in the damaged cities on the assumption that the Germans are willing to do something for Ukraine.
  • Renewable energy cooperatives in the municipalities suffered of russisan aggression
  • Problem 
  • There are many cities and small local communities that suffered from warfare. Some of them are totally destroyed, and some have damage or residential and infrastructure objects. There are cities where CHP and electrical substations were damaged (Sumy, Kramatorsk). 
  • Task: develop the algorithm for organizing the renewable energy cooperative and achieving energy independence of the several communities in terms of postwar reconstruction

  • Activities:

  • Analysis of the possibility of using certain renewable energy in different communities
  • Series of online events for representatives of local communities (experts from Germany are involved)
  • Preparation of the information kits for representatives of selected communities
  • Development of a template of founding documents of an energy cooperative, in which EU citizens can participate, even with small investments.
  • Establishment of cooperatives for the deployment of RES (central wooden heating system, Solar, Waterpumps) in damaged cities. One of the founders of the cooperatives will be the city government.
  • Crowd-Investment: Establishing and popularizing online platform where EU citizens will be able to make investments (not only charitable contributions), which will allow them to get information about the progress of work and communicate with Ukrainian partners.
    • Investors become long-term partners, and long term friends, even visiting UA
    • city could be main stakeholder in cooopertives
    • Online meetings and courses to inform about development in UA
    • Kickstarter or Crowdfunding
  • where? 
    • Shitomyr region maybe rivne, Lviv, Vynitsja, Ivano etc.
  • risks: 
    • the war will stay longer
    • air raids
    • Attacks
  • is it  possible to work with locals in the times of war?
    • main energy sources were a target for Russian missiles
    • so small energy coops are sth. people are more open in Ukraine?
    • investments are more likely in Germany + Ukraine. 
    • regulations got simplified at the moment
      • + the interpersonal trust was growing due to the war. 
  • Idea to involve IDPs into the idea
    • rebuilding houses for IDPs or support 
    • because people will fund for this target group
    • Rebuilding should be the focus of the campaign
    • everybody understands and even people give money that are older and are not familiar with renewable Energies. 
  • still in? Workcamp = No!
    • work camp (5 summer work camps Andriy) 
      • early 2000´s insulation of orphanages
      • provide volunteers with work is a hard task
      • talk to different village authorities 
      • problem: establish safety conditions 
        • will be very difficult! 
        • insurance won´t work
        • big headaches for organisers 
      • Would probably possible next year / after the war.
    • Community workers
  • idea:
    • small investments 







Critical Questions:
  • Can rebuilding start already in Summer?
  • Do we find old houses to rebuild?
    • What do the house owners say
    • What about ecovillages?

Online Cource
  • Mooc with allways availiable online courses
  • Practical Knowledge
    • How much pv Panels, how much Storage, how grid works

Task till the next meeting


  • Mesarable Golas
  • Concrete Places

    Additional European Funding


    https://www.erasmusplus-jugend.de/foerderung/leitaktion-1/jugendpartizipationsprojekte/#1


    Consortium



      • Stefan Gsänger <stefangsaenger@web.de>: 
        • Wie ich Dir schon im persönlichen Gespräch sagte, arbeiten wir seit vielen Jahren mit Partnern aus dem Bereich EE und Bürgerenergie in der Ukraine, einschließlich Rusland (wie auch Hans-Josef Fell) und wir haben auch ein ukrainisches Vorstandsmitglied. Wir können da sicher unterstützen. 
      • What about: https://energycooperative.org.ua/ should we cooperate
        • This project is mainly for Donezk and Luhansk in the east of UA, funded by US-Aid, 80% need to be from that reagion
        • Last time our participants where mainly from city councils and deputy-major


    Short description (500 Signs)


    After WECHANGE brought together enthusiasts from Ukraine and Germany for renewable energy and cooperatives with the project "Civil Society Energy" in 2021, a great potential for cooperation has become clear, but also the need for more education. In 2022, we want to create a bilateral forum where founders can find partner cooperatives that can help them build energy cooperatives and spread the green energy transition.  


    Energy Cooperations startup program


    • Problem

    • There is only one Energy Cooperation so far.
    • Little knowledge about this tool, which can include and empower many people
    • Bad Reputation becaus of old soviet times
    • The Number of Small Investores looking for good Investments is growing, how can we attract them to invest in cooperatives
      • Societal Dimension of Kooperatives is missed in UA -> 

    Goal



    Detailed description of the project (up to 6000 characters):


    With the help of renewable energy experts from Germany and Ukraine, WECHANGE 2021 invited local environmental NGOs to participate in digital exchanges, two live conferences, and to create a handbook to inspire the creation of new energy cooperatives. This has fallen on very fertile ground, especially in Ukraine. 2022, the dialogue is to be concretized and deepened, so that long-term know-how and investment partnerships are created between citizens and cooperatives in both countries. We are building trust for each other with educational programs for multipliers, networking opportunities and the development of a best-practice region for energy cooperatives.

    Rising prices, climate change and dependence on monopolies are motivating civil society actors in both countries to question the energy industry. Despite an incredible potential of wind and solar energy in Ukraine, they cover only 1% of the energy demand. There is only one energy cooperative. Fossil fuels and nuclear power still account for 94% of the energy market and make the citizens of Ukraine dependent on large semi-public corporations and other states. The energy transition is still far from getting off the ground there. 

    With 800 energy cooperatives and about 30% renewable energies, Germany already has more experience in this area. But the future of German industry also lies in the hands of green energy partnerships with countries with which we can build and maintain reliable relationships. And we must do this actively. Because investment opportunities for more renewable energies are severely limited in Germany. More and more citizens and energy cooperatives are realizing this and want to invest their money sustainably or reinvest the income from energy plants. 
    The time for a new energy architecture in Ukraine is now exactly right: In the course of the political reorganization of Ukraine, the city administrations there have been given more freedom, more autonomy, but also more responsibility, according to the German model, with regard to the protection of the environment, health and energy supply. For the new political culture and the possibilities of an efficient and innovative administration, the employees are looking for inspiration and experience. If the transformation does not succeed in a participatory and decentralized way, the energy market will continue to be dominated by fossil energies and large (foreign) investors will buy the land from the population, which can considerably endanger the acceptance of renewable energies. 

    Main Goals


    1. promoting acceptance for climate protection, through a participatory, decentralized renewable energy transition: The faster the energy revolution progresses in our neighboring countries, the sooner we can also import green energy surpluses (wind gas, hydrogen, power to X...) and better balance the European market. However, uncertainties and prejudices among the Ukrainian population are still very high. Fear of power cuts and rising electricity prices make educational work necessary. For this purpose, climate and energy ambassadors are to be trained within the framework of this project, who will found at least 10 Eco-Clubs in their home regions, from which further energy cooperatives can then emerge.
    2. mediate energy transition partnerships between established and young energy cooperatives: Everyone wants climate protection and renewable energy and no one can do it alone, but Germany lacks investment opportunities and Ukraine lacks knowledge and capital. We can bring both together through online networking and a conference in Ukraine. By the end of the year, at least three long-term, civil society investment partnerships should have been established.
    3. Enable civil society collaboration: We want to expand the inspiring dialogue from last year into a binding forum and encourage face-to-face exchanges in addition to online networking. The platform is to be financed in the long term by the surpluses of the cooperatives.


    Main Activities


    • February: Preparation of the contents of the "Climatefit" online course, translation of graphics and contents into Ukrainian, invitation of the experts.
    • 1st meeting: In the digital conference center of civilsocietycooperation.net, the two-month "Climatefit und renewable" online course for 100 Ukrainian multipliers (teachers, lecturers, employees of public administration, influencers and activists) will start in March, with experts from Germany and Ukraine, with simultaneous translation into Ukrainian. It will be moderated by the experienced project consortium from 2021.
    • March: Preparation of the excursion in Southern Germany.
    • 2nd meeting: In April, 20 of the most motivated course participants travel to Germany to look at concrete energy cooperatives, energy plants (PV, wind, biogas) and local heating networks near Freiburg, as well as to learn about the political culture of public administration.
    • After completion of the online course, the participants will start founding local Eco-Clubs, similar to Transition Town initiatives, BUNDJugend, Naturfreunde associations or Klimafit groups in Germany, in order to do local public relations work for climate protection and renewable energies on the one hand and to find out the local potential for renewable energies on the other hand. They can post their ideas and potential analyses in the online community and thus not only present them to their own community and experienced energy comrades from Germany, but also have them checked by experts from both countries. 
    • 3rd meeting: In autumn, representatives of 20 German energy cooperatives will be invited to Ukraine to discuss experiences and potentials of a decentralized energy transition, to get to know the most promising energy projects in Ukraine and to form joint ventures for this purpose.
    • The German-Ukrainian energy cooperatives will be moderated by the project consortium until the end of the year, equipped with all necessary online tools for successful project work and supported for intercultural cooperation at eye level.

    Possible Networking-Events to finde German Cooperatives for Ukraine Partner-Coops



    First Ideas
    • April first online-meetings and conference about reconnect and share examples.
    • Evaluate possible projects 
      • with german experience
      • evaluate it 
      • Course of how to present possible projects to German investors
      • start a coopeartion (Funding in Mai)
        • how to invole municipalities
          • Municipalities are not allowed to be a cooperation-member
          • Municipalities have more money and more independence from the nation government
            • how can they reinvest it correctly
            • Public-Private-Partnership is used only in bigger cooperation
        • Mentoring for Ukrainian Energy cooperatives
          • What information do we need for an Energy cooperatives
          • How does it work
          • Technical specialities and documentation
        • people
    • July - first live-matching-meeting of UA-Cooperats and German Investor-Cooperativs
      • Input about public funding
        • H2Upp Funding for Hydrigon
      • Input about internationl Communication
    • October - Investments are done and powerplants can be build
      • Start with small PV


    Educational Program for Renewable Revolution


    Problem:


    So, in Ukraine, we have a problem with understanding of society how green hydrogen technology can be used in heating, transport, and energy supply. People are afraid of everything that connect with hydrogen because we have a bad experience with the Chernobyl power plant, also hydrogen associate with explousition. We need to change this mind.

    Ideas and Goals:


    If it is possible will be interesting to organize an educational project about the usage of hydrogen technology in Vinnitsya and it could be spread for all over the country. Vinnitsa is very good place for it because green hydrogen producer plantin will be built in Vinnitsya soon for compensation instability PV power plants and Wind power plants. Is it possible to appointment meeting online?

    Target Groups:
    • Age, Background
      • how to reach them
    • First we start with Teacher-Trainings and Educational Stuff
      • to hand it on in schools and university

    Youth
    • youth-workshops
    • youth-camps
    SCientists
    Adults
    • energy-clubs

    List of Activities in 2022


    See the logframe: https://nc.civilsocietycooperation.net/apps/onlyoffice/s/4qjbpCGXfTjpdWk

    • Educational Training
    • Prepare Grafics and English and Ucraine Informations and educational ressources
      • Why you need green hydrogen
      • How save is it
      • How much water and ressources  do you need for it
      • How do you 
    • Training and courses "Klimafit"-Course 
      • Certified training course
        • Green Energy course with main topic is hydrogen
      • Train Energy Embassadors
      • Forum or Conference on this topic in Vinnitsya
        • Turn this reagion in a role-model area for renewable energy (and for successful German-UA Civil Cooperatoin
      • Focus on private option
        • PV Roofs
        • Insulation
        • Heating-Systems
        • Important are practical skills, how you calculation things

    Ideas form Synergy Viniza


    Some ideas about course Climatefit&Renewable Energy Sources Treners, mentors, topics
    The project will benefit directly from our solid connections with industry, academia, and government agencies, both home and abroad.
    Our Сlimatefit &RES course allows you find new knowledge:

    It is necessary to make 3 modules:


    1. Green energy and hydrogen technologies in the context of sustainable development and decarbonization
    2. Energy cooperation and innovative business models
    3. The role of civil society in the energy transition - an incubation program for Energy Clubs (Creating digital Platform for organizing work of Energy Club, realization of shared produced energy between prosumers, also to give recommendations and find a better way for owner RES about government support and other collaboration program for community).

    Make the first 2 courses commercial on a permanent basis to support the activities of Energy Clubs, during the project all courses will be free for project participants

    Impact


    For a successful realization, the project will be great to invite relevant experts and create collaboration between the community, NGOs, RES-owners, policies, government, municipality, business, education, and science.

    Overview


    • - how green hydrogen production is being integrated into wind, solar, and storage projects;
      • - promote Ukraine as a hydrogen energy center;
      • - hydrogen storage, economic analysis, safety, policy and regulation, and environmental impact;
      • - develop key hydrogen technologies;
      • - prepare skilled workers for the emerging global hydrogen economy;
      • - connect technology providers with Ukraine hydrogen producers and overseas markets. 
    • - assessment the technical and policy risks in Ukraine;
    • - financial and investor perspectives on green hydrogen projects

    Topics for the courses


    What is this? Program. Topics?..... This is approximate content of possible topics, that can be represented by following speakers and experts from our side. Topics can be modified according to final  program.
    I. Policy decarbonization and sustainable development in Ukraine (Victoria and Olena) NGO
    II.“Green” hydrogen technology (O. Repkin is  President of the Ukrainian Hydrogen Council Energy Association, owner of Green Energy Tokmak LLC, expert in hydrogen economics, renewable energy. Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the hydrogen economy) Policy
    III. Assessment of the energy potential of renewable energy sources in Ukraine (S.Kudria) Institute of Renewable Energy of the National Academy the Sciences of Ukraine  Science
    Small hydropower plants
    Wind power plant 
    IV. Battery storage system. Policy and issues. Experience of operating an Energy cooperative in Vinnitsya (Serhii Kravchuk, Director KNESS Energy, PhD). Business
    V. Cooperation between community hybrid wind and photovoltaic systems (Milan Belik. Department of power engineering and ecology. University of West Bohemia. Pilsen, Czech Republic) (International collaboration)
    1. Local photovoltaic systems powering electromobile charging station
    2. Electromobility and community smart grids
    3. RES as emergency backup sources in community island grids
    4. Covering own consumption with renewable energy sources
    5. Operational experiences with the operated PV plant in Czech republic
    6. Energy savings when using passive and active solar systems
    7. RES as emergency backup sources in community island grids
    8. Covering own consumption with renewable energy sources
    9. Photovoltaic versus solar thermal systems
    VI. Innovative business model RES post green tariff time (Victoria) (NGO)
    VII. Problems of integration of RES in the power grid (Prof. Leznuik P.D. Vinnitsa National Technical University) (Education and Science)
    VII. Forecasting of power generation RES. (Prof. Komar  V.O., Vinnitsia National Technical University)
    VIII. Assessment of power quality in the power grid with RES (Hunko Iryna, NGO).
    IX. Issues if operating RES in Ukraine. (Prof. Rubanenko Oleksandr, Vinnitsa National Technical University)

    Certificates


    • Need to create certificate
    • Certificate from Institute for RES (University Kiev)

    Place
    Municipal  space: https://mistozmistiv.vn.ua/en/home/
    Kvadrat: https://youtu.be/lPkamwV1InY

    Private commercial coworking space: Cherdak: https://www.cherdak-space.com/nashi-mozhlyvosti/
                Artinov Space https://artinov.com.ua/coworking


    Materials
    Create a book,  like a tutorial or handbook, banners, infographics and so on.

    Tool
     We applied for a personal fellowship program: https://eapcivilsociety.eu/fellowship2021/full-application-form-2021-civic-digital-fellowship , and now we are in the second stage, so if a project will succeed we can combine our goals

    Dietmar Münnich


    • In Bayern und Badenwürtemberg gibt es viele Best-Practise Beispiele
      • Pellets
        • Holzpellet im Rathaus Heimbach
          • Mit freiflächenanlage
          • Nähwärmenetz
      • Strom aus Wasserkraft
        • Wasserkraft ist eher unterbesetzt
        • Pumpspeicherkraftwerke ist schon spannender
      • Bauer Schmitt Biogasanlage, Container-Anlage
        • BHKW-Abwärme wird per Container 

    WECHANGE
    • Aufbau eines Genossenschaft-Verbandes - Vermittlung des Wissens dazu
    • Rechtlich sich beraten lassen - und wir als Geno davon profitieren
    • Meta-Ebene - Export der Idee des Klimaschutzes mit unserem Wissen dazu
    • Verankert uns ggf. in der EE-Szene in D + UA. 
    • auf wechange.de sollten sich die Menschne registrieren


    Personal: 
    • Antonina wird hier unterstützen ! weil ukrainischsprachig!

    Further Funding possibilities by BMWi, BMBF, and GIZ 
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