Wind farms in Ukraine in 2020 produced 3.304 billion kWh of electricity, which is almost 50% less than solar power plants generated – 6.844 billion kWh, while the installed capacity of wind farms at the beginning of 2021 was 1.314 GW and it was 80% less than the capacity of solar power plants – 6.872 GW.
Energy Ministry considers it expedient to eliminate imbalance in RES structure in Ukraine developing wind, bioenergy 2 min read
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine considers it expedient to achieve the target indicators for the development of renewable energy in Ukraine primarily through the use of the unrealized potential of wind and bioenergy, Deputy Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko said during the conference on transition from the feed-in tariff to market conditions, organized by the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association.
According to Boiko, at the beginning of 2021, the total installed capacity of electricity producers from renewable sources (RES) in Ukraine was 8.4 GW, of which the share of wind power plants (WPP) accounted for only 1.2 GW. At the same time, wind farms in 2020 produced only 2 times less electricity than solar power plants (SPP), despite the much more significant advantage of the latter in the installed capacity.
RES associations urge regulator to abandon distribution of Ukrenergo loans, set out their position to EU, IFIs 4 min read
The position of the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission of Ukraine (NEURC) on the issue of distribution of NPC Ukrenergo s loan funds provided for repayment of its debt to the state-owned Enterprise Guaranteed Buyer contradicts the norms of the current legislation and the powers of the regulator, according to the profile RES associations.
This is discussed in the letter of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association, the Ukrainian Association of Renewable Energy and the European-Ukrainian Energy Agency (EUEA) dated January 12 to Head of NEURC Valeriy Tarasiuk, as well as Chair of the Dispute Resolution and Negotiation Centre of the Energy Community Secretariat Dirk Buschle, EU Ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas, World Bank Regional Country Director for Eastern Europe Arup Banerji, EBRD Managing Director for Eastern Europe Matteo Patrone, and