Through the efforts of business, the issue of “green hydrogen” production may return to the sphere of bilateral relations between Ukraine and Germany. The signing of the memorandum on the creation of the “Hydrogen Corridor Ukraine-EU” in January 2025 gave a new impetus to the renewal of German business interest in the implementation of the “green hydrogen” production project in Ukraine. The project can be implemented during 2025-2026. 

There is an almost unanimous opinion among our energy experts that in the long term, natural gas will retain its important role in the country's energy balance even in the conditions of the established trend of low-carbon transformation of a number of sectors of economic activity. Given that the price of natural gas is formed in market conditions, the determining component of the final cost of gas supply for the Slovak side is the tariffs for transit of countries of a particular logistics route.

In the context of the suspension of Russian gas transit through the Slovak gas transmission system, Eustream's financial condition remains stable, the company continues to receive payment for the transport capacities reserved by the Russian side, in accordance with the "ship or pay" requirement of the current long-term contract from 2017 with the Russian company PJSC "Gazprom" until 2050, and also diversifies sources of income through short-term transport contracts with European counterparties, energy companies, gas suppliers, gas traders.