Monday, October 19, 2015

Ukrainian renewable energy development almost stopped in 2015

Just 11 MW of new renewable energy generation capacity were put into operation during 9 month of 2015, while in 2014 and 2013 the new installations capacities were 231 MW and 520 MW respectively. Weakening of "green" tariff and tax incentives, as well as still existing administrative  and bureaucratic barriers are the main reasons of industry's stagnation.
It puts fulfillment of Ukrainian commitment under Energy Community to reach the share of renewable power generation  as 11% of total power generation in significant risk. Currently Ukraine generates only 6.4% of electricity from renewable sources. Read more at http://uaenergy.com.ua