Monday, February 8, 2016

Ukrainian renewable energy in 2015

2015 was very difficult for renewable energy (RE) development in Ukraine because of combination of several factors, including 50-55% decrease of "green" tariffs by government, sharp decline of national currency, what led to a drop of the value of "green" tariffs, violation of RE legislation regarding  regular review of tariffs and providing state guarantees for investors, and, of course, severe  economic recession in the country.
Just 11 MW of new solar and 16.6 MW of new wind capacity  were added in 2015 - tiny amount comparing to 300 MW of new "green" power capacity  in average, which were built annually during previous 5 years. Read more at http://www.epravda.com.ua