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 and transforming “green” technologies in Ukraine. “It is intended as cooperation not only between Global 100% RE Ukraine and the German Renewable Energy Federation, but as a large, serious cooperation between the RES industry associations of two countries,” Oleksandr Dombrovsky emphasized in his opening remarks.
The speakers also outlined the challenges faced by Ukraine’s renewable energy sector and ways to address them.
Oleksandr Dombrovsky: “Over the past five years, Ukraine’s “green” energy sector has been facing challenging time. There are several reasons for this, both objective and subjective. … We do not have any alternatives to renewables, and we should realise it. There is no alternative to green transformation in Ukraine, and no alternative to green transformation in Europe. Global warming, energy burden are very complicated issues to tackle, and one of the key instruments to address them is “green” transformation, transition to clean “green” energy technologies.”
Andriy Konechenkov: “We need legislative changes to decentralize our energy system and produce green hydrogen. We need our government to be responsible for the memorandums it signs, including the memorandum with RES associations dated 2020 aimed at restoring the further development of renewable energy, repaying debts, and full and timely settlements with RES electricity producers. Until we complete this process, it will be very difficult to attract investors to Ukraine. Nowadays we cannot prolong discussion on these issues, and the adoption and implementation of relevant legislation is a matter of urgency. “
The Global 100% RE Ukraine unites RE Industry associations in Ukraine, namely: Ukrainian Wind Energy Association, Solar Energy Association of Ukraine, Bioenergy Association of Ukraine, Ukrainian Hydrogen Council and Ukrainian Association of Energy Service Companies.
