Bucha, in Kyiv region, was taken by Russian troops in the spring of 2022 and has since become a symbol of Russian atrocities, especially those against civilians. Infrastructure, transmission networks, and private and governmental buildings have all been destroyed during the occupation.
According to this deal, Bucha will provide 3,000 hectares of land from around the city for the purposes of the Green Industrial Zone. Hynfra, a Polish business, will be in charge of the concept and design, while Tsubame, a Japanese company, will provide the technology for constructing safe green ammonia energy storage facilities. The work will be carried out by the Ukrainian engineering firm UTEM.
The Green Industrial Zone proposal calls for the generation of energy for local consumption. Hydrogen and ammonia will be generated using renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power and used to generate electricity, fuel, and fertilizer.
One of the most important aspects of the project, the creatin of a green hydrogen zone in Bucza, is to ensure the city’s independence in the supply of energy and heat. In the future, perhaps also the supply of fuel too.
The head of Hynfra, Tomoho Umeda, submits that the Zone project will stimulate economic development as part of the green reindustrialisation that Ukraine needs for its recovery.
“The most important dimension of this project is also the security and resilience of the city’s energy, heating and fuel system against the terrorist practices of the Russian Federation,” said Umeda.
“This will be the first project of this kind in Ukraine. It is strategically important from the point of view of our energy independence. It will allow our city to have its own alternative energy sources,” said Anatoly Fedoruk, mayor of Bucha, during Friday’s ceremony.
