KIEV, May 29 ??“ The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is to allocate at least EUR 250 million to credit energy saving projects in Ukraine in 2007, including via a credit line for Ukrainian banks worth EUR 100 million, Interfax reported citing EBRD director for Ukraine Kamen Zahariev.

The EBRD is to credit directly energy saving projects of Ukraine's large enterprises, medium enterprises will receive the according credit and consultative support under energy efficiency program in Ukraine (UKEEP), for which the EBRD opened a credit line for Ukrainian banks worth EUR 100 million, the report said.