Energy Sphere in Slovenia: how Stem Capital expands international cooperation and builds partnerships to launch energy projects with predictable results

Business Forum “Energy Sphere: Partnerships for Cooperation and Recovery Projects” in Slovenia

The Stem Capital team took part in the international business forum Energy Sphere: Partnerships for Cooperation and Recovery Projects in Slovenia. The event brought together Ukrainian and Slovenian companies around a practical goal — building partnerships that translate into tangible projects, from restoring and modernising energy infrastructure to developing renewable energy and solutions that strengthen Ukraine’s energy resilience.

How Stem Capital Presented Its Expertise

At the forum, we presented Stem Capital as a team that approaches energy projects in a comprehensive and responsible way. We shared practical cases and approaches that deliver value for customers and outlined the areas where we are open to joint Ukrainian–European projects. In particular, we presented:

• a portfolio of initiatives at the ready-to-build stage;
• generation curtailment/dispatch optimisation cases and solutions to increase grid flexibility;
• cooperation formats for the restoration and modernisation of infrastructure and the green transition;
• an implementation approach focused on quality, timelines, and service.

Cross-Border Partnerships Have a Clear “Mechanism”

The forum provided not only new connections, but also a clear understanding of how international cooperation works in the energy sector. Through bilateral platforms, clusters, and professional communities, it becomes easier to identify reliable partners, while joint pilot projects help validate solutions faster in practice. For Ukrainian businesses, this means the opportunity to combine domestic engineering expertise with European approaches to quality, service, and accountability — and move toward scaling.

Financing: When Intent Is Backed by Real Instruments

A dedicated part of the programme focused on financial opportunities for energy projects — from grants and pilot programmes to international support instruments, including the EBRD, the EU Ukraine Facility, and the Ukraine Energy Support Fund. The key takeaway is simple: access to financing is significantly more realistic when projects are professionally prepared — with a clear technical concept, sound economics, transparent roles for all parties, and built-in guarantees and service. This level of “implementation readiness” turns an idea into a project, and a project into results.

Day Two: Technology, Standards, and Practical Approaches

The second day of Energy Sphere focused on practical matters: from modernising Ukraine’s energy infrastructure to energy efficiency, smart grids, and project delivery approaches within EU programmes and the Energy Community framework (including support models used by the EBRD and SID Bank). This is important for the market, as requirements for quality and process transparency increasingly determine the ability to participate in international programmes and consortia.

A key part of the agenda was a technical visit to Litostroj Power, where we explored the full production cycle for large-scale components: metal machining, geometry and quality control, production control at critical stages, and preparation for shipment. This experience once again underlined that, in large engineering projects, “reliability” is built by a system — standards, controls, traceability, service, and accountability.

Thanks to Our Partners

We would like to thank our partners at Skat Energy for their professional collaboration and joint work on integrated approaches in the energy sector, as well as the forum organisers and partners for a strong programme and high-quality coordination: the Center for European Perspective (CEP), the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Slovenia, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (CCIS), SPIRIT Slovenia, and all Slovenian companies and participants with whom we had the opportunity to exchange experience and views on further cooperation.

Summary: What’s Next for Stem Capital

The forum in Slovenia became an important growth point for Stem Capital. We returned with new professional contacts, more concrete cooperation formats, and a clearer vision of how to scale projects together with European colleagues — projects that simultaneously support infrastructure recovery and the deployment of modern energy solutions in Ukraine. As a result of our participation, we noted:

• confirmed partnership opportunities with Slovenian companies in recovery, modernisation, and the green transition;
• clearer guidance on European project delivery requirements (quality, guarantees, service, and accountability);
• working contacts and potential cooperation formats for programmes, consortia, and tenders.

Planning an energy project or looking for a partner to collaborate with? Get in touch with Stem Capital — we can help take your project from concept to implementation, with a focus on quality, transparent terms, and a predictable outcome.