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10.05.2023

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN COWI AND THE UWEA TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE REBUILDING OF UKRAINE

Recognizing that the Russian aggression has caused significant damages to Ukraine’s energy objects and that Ukraine has a significant potential for deployment renewables, especially onshore and offshore wind, COWI and the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA), on May 10, 2023, inked a Memorandum of Understanding to contribute to the rebuilding of Ukraine with focus on roll out of wind energy in Ukraine. International consulting group COWI and the UWEA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a partnership for the development of green energy in Ukraine, focusing on onshore and offshore wind development. The MOU includes projects such as legal gap analysis, road mapping for wind energy development, and the assessment of wind generation potential. The MoU envisages a local wind energy production pilot project – a small-scale pilot wind generation facility matching the needs of a small local community. The partnership between COWI and UWEA aims to contribute...

27.04.2023

Wind and Hydrogen for Repowering Ukraine’s Post War Recovery

It is time to start rebuilding Ukraine. Because of the war Ukraine has already lost a considerable part of its power capacity. 75% of wind power capacities were forced to shut down due to the russia’s occupation of the territories where they are located. We need a new, decentralised power system with wind and other renewables at the core, a system that is less vulnerable for missile and drone attacks. Ukraine has a great potential for rapid rollout of wind capacity, along with other renewables. Ukraine’s export of green electricity and renewable hydrogen could benefit Europe. At the same time, the large-scale, accelerated deployment of wind and other renewable technologies, which will require the post-war green recovery of our energy and economy, directly depends on the improvement and sustainability of RES legislation, abandoning manual regulation of the electricity market and implementation of its real liberalization, the flexibility of Ukraine’s energy system for high...

19.04.2023

Latvia 2023: WindWorks. Moving Energy

Latvia’s largest wind energy industry conference “WindWorks. Moving Energy”, has evolved into the most prominent event of this kind in the Baltic region. Foreign and local experts met in Riga on April 19 this year to look for solutions for more successful and faster utilization of wind energy across the Baltics. The conference’s agenda included discussions about legislative matters, development of new interconnectors, electricity accumulation (storage) solutions, as well as business opportunities that offshore wind farm expansion will present to local entrepreneurs in the upcoming years. The conference brought together experts and politicians from Latvia, Estonia, Norway, Great Britain, Denmark and other European countries. President of Latvia Egils Levits opened the conference: “Russia’s war against Ukraine added an energy security perspective to our thinking about renewable energy. It showed clearly that Europe, including Latvia have to act immediately to cut all energy...

07.04.2023

Cooperation Between Ukrainian and German RES Associations - important step Towards Reforming the Ukraine’s energy sector

The press conference “Signing a cooperation agreement with German renewable energy associations as an important step in reforming the Ukraine’s energy sector” by the expert platform Global 100% RE Ukraine was held on Friday, April 7, 2023, at the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency. Speakers included: Oleksandr Dombrovsky, Chairman of the Board of Global 100% RE Ukraine, President of MHP Eco Energy LLC; Andriy Konechenkov, Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association; Georgiy Geletukha, Chairman of the Board of the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine, Member of the Board of the European Bioenergy Association; and Oleksiy Korchmit, Director of Global 100% RE Ukraine, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Energy Service Companies of Ukraine. All speakers noted the importance of signing a cooperation agreement between Ukrainian and German renewable energy associations that took place on March 29, 2023, and aimed at developing “green” generation...

01.04.2023

ENERGY COMMUNITY LAUNCHES THE POST-MEDIATION PROCESS
IN UKRAINE

Following up on a meeting with the participants of the 2020 mediation in the Ukrainian renewables sector on 16 March 2023 in Kyiv, the Energy Community Secretariat launched on March 27, 2023, a process meant to settle the current problems faced by the sector. The post-mediation process focuses on unresolved issues, addresses new challenges occurring after the full-scale war of aggression by Russia and intends to help restoring trust among the key actors. In the immediate, the process will focus on the settlement of outstanding debts by the Guaranteed Buyer towards renewable energy producers, revising the formula for imbalance payments to the Guaranteed Buyer and the corporate governance reform of the Guaranteed Buyer. In 2020, the Secretariat’s Dispute Resolution and Negotiation Center, had mediated a settlement agreement between renewable investors in Ukraine and the government, which was later integrated in Ukrainian renewable energy legislation. While outstanding debts had been...

30.03.2023

ENERGY TRANSITION – SECURING A GREEN FUTURE

This year Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (March 28-29, 2023), one of the biggest international dialogue forums on climate change, was held under the banner “Energiewende – Securing a Green Future” Russian armed aggression has not only made Ukraine to accelerate energy transition but has proven that renewable energy is a matter of national security. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko during a panel discussion at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 2023: “During Russian missile attacks, we saw that renewable energy sources are not just about “green transformation” or commitments under the Paris Agreement. Renewable energy sources are about national security, security of supply, security of the state.” “We see the future energy mix of Ukraine as follows: 50% is nuclear generation, which currently produces more than half of all electricity in Ukraine, and the remaining 50% will be generated by renewable energy sources,"...

22.03.2023

IRENA REPORTS RECORD GROWTH OF RENEWABLES IN 2022

Renewable Capacity Statistics 2023, released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on March 20, 2023, shows that renewable energy continues to grow at record levels despite global uncertainties, confirming the downward trend of fossil fueled power generation. By the end of 2022, global renewable generation capacity amounted to 3372 GW, growing the stock of renewable power by a record of 295 GW or by 9.6%. An impressive 83% of all power capacity added last year was produced by renewables. Expansion of renewable power generation in 2022 confirms upward trend of renewables against declining new fossil fuel capacity. “This continued record growth shows the resilience of renewable energy amidst the lingering energy crisis”, IRENA’s Director-General Francesco La Camera said. “But annual additions of renewable power capacity must grow three times the current level by 2030, if we want to stay on a pathway limiting global warming to 1.5°C.” While many countries...

11.03.2023

THE UWEA WELCOMES NEW UWEA BOARD MEMBERS

The UWEA Board held its first meeting for the year 2023 on March 10, 2023. The Bord members unanimously voted for Ivan Bondarchuk, Counsel, Head of Energy Practice at LCF Law Group, Olexander Podprugin, Regional Manager at Notus Energy, and Olga Rybachuk, Managing Director at Elementum Energy (Ukraine) to join the Board of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association. Olexander Podprugin is also elected Deputy Chairman of the UWEA Board.     THE UWEA SECRETARIAT WELCOMES AND CONGRATULETS THE NEW UWEA BOARD MEMBERS AND WISHES THEM HEALTH, SUCCESS,
ACHIEVEMENTS IN ALL THEIR ENDEAVORS AND INSPIRATION!
TOGETHER WE WILL WIN(D)!

10.03.2023

DESPITE ON-GONG WAR CONSTRUCTION OF TYLIGULSKA WIND FARM HAS BEEN COMPLETED

Today, DTEK Renewables, a UWEA member company has announced the completion of construction of the the first phase of its Tiligul wind farm. This is the largest green energy project in the country, which was implemented during russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. The 114 MW wind farm comprises 19 state-of-the-art wind turbines manufactured by the Danish company Vestas. For the first time in the Ukraine’s wind power sector history, wind turbines with a unit capacity of 6 MW have been installed in Ukraine! Construction of 114 MW out of the total declared 500 MW is a major achievement for Ukraine, as new, environmentally friendly, fossil fuel-independent power capacities have added a supply to the national grid. And this at a time when a large number of thermal power plants have been damaged by russian shelling. There are still several other wind projects in Ukraine which construction was halted by the war, and which could be implemented as early as this year, if the...

08.03.2023

SOLAR ENERGY TO HELP IRPIN COMMUNITY

On March 8, 2023, two autonomous mobile solar stations with electricity storage were handed over to Irpin local community: one system - to the Kozyntsi Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic in the village of Kozyntsi, Bucha district, and the other one - to the Irpin Lyceum of Innovative Technologies “ILIT”. Russian rocket attacks on the power grid led to massive power outages in all regions of Ukraine. Governments and citizens from all over the world supported Ukrainians by providing Ukraine with equipment to restore energy infrastructure damaged by russian shelling. In order to help civilians, the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) and the Global 100% Renewable Energy Platform launched the campaign #renewables4ukraine to raise funds for donating renewable energy equipment for emergency humanitarian aid in Ukraine, in particular stand-alone solar systems. On December 26, 2022, the WWEA and the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA) donated two 3kW mobile solar stations to Irpin...