The additional funds will be directed to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Belgium Development Cooperation Minister Caroline Gennez said.
Not to say that Belgium doing so isn’t helping, $10 million is a lot better than nothing. But my first thought is that that maybe pays for like what, two electrical substations? Maybe costs for that sort of thing are lower in Ukraine than in the US, or maybe I’m overestimating capital costs for electrical infrastructure even in the US. In any case, I wonder how much it would cost to fix all of Ukraine’s distribution infrastructure
Edit: Should’ve read the article. I guess the focus is on generators, including distributed stuff like solar
Not to say that Belgium doing so isn’t helping, $10 million is a lot better than nothing. But my first thought is that that maybe pays for like what, two electrical substations? Maybe costs for that sort of thing are lower in Ukraine than in the US, or maybe I’m overestimating capital costs for electrical infrastructure even in the US. In any case, I wonder how much it would cost to fix all of Ukraine’s distribution infrastructure
Edit: Should’ve read the article. I guess the focus is on generators, including distributed stuff like solar