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On June, 22, 2022, Global REnew Day, the UWEA in cooperation with the law firm Asters, NPC Ukrenergo and SE Guaranteed Buyer held a webinar “Problematic aspects of compensation of imbalances by RES producers during the martial law”. The topic of the webinar has proved to be extremely important as the discussion was attended by as many as 100 RES market players. In his introductory speech Yaroslav Petrov, a partner at Asters, highlighted the main idea of the webinar: “A significant number of the RES producers does not understand why they have received big bills for imbalances in some months of 2022, given the huge number of curtailments of green generation during exactly these periods. As the RES producers keep receiving extremely low payments for the delivered electricity along with such big bills for imbalances, they have to consider different options of protecting their rights and preventing their bankruptcy.” Oleksandr Symomenko, Head of the Department of Special...
WIND INDUSTRY SUPPORTING UKRAINIANS During WindEurope annual event 2022, this year conducted in Bilbao, Spain, WindEurope together with the PWEA, UWEA, RenewableUK and other wind energy national associations launched a fundraising initiative among its member companies to support the Ukrainian Foundation of Citizens (Foundation Gromadyany). The Gromadyany Foundation has existed and operates since 2014 and now the main activities are around providing assistance for hospitals and schools located in the war zones. Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine has resulted in increasing number of patients with various injuries. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has recorded so far as much as 10 046 civilian casualties in the country - killed and injured. ...
Despite the promise of a worldwide green recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, this historic opportunity has been lost. REN21’s Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022) sends a clear warning that the global clean energy transition is not happening, making it unlikely that the world will be able to meet critical climate goals this decade. The UWEA traditionally provided expert support to the REN21 platform preparing the Report. The second half of 2021 saw the beginning of the biggest energy crisis in modern history, exacerbated by the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 and unprecedented global commodity shock. “In response to the energy crisis, most countries have gone back to seeking out new sources of fossil fuels and to burning even more coal, oil and natural gas,” says Rana Adib, REN21 Executive Director. According to the 17th edition of GSR 2022, the overall share of renewables in the world’s final energy consumption has stagnated –...
Every year on June 15 the whole world celebrates Global Wind Day! Today, wind power is the key tool not only to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also to achieve energy independence from imports of "dirty" fossil fuels. The large-scale bloody war waged by russia in Ukraine has only pushed the whole world to take urgent decisions on the development of wind power both on & offshore. Wind power is a salvation from energy, in particular nuclear, blackmail by russia! Wind power is a safe electricity production without harming the environment! Wind power is a local source of energy available in every corner of the Earth! Not a single drop of blood has been shed for green energy! Wind power is an energy of peace and one of the most efficient solution for post-war recovery of every country! Happy Global Wind Day Greetings from the UWEA to all stakeholders of the Ukrainian wind energy market and all our esteemed partners! We sincerely wish you a strong patience on the challenging...
During June 13-15, 2022, representatives of the Secretariat and some Member Companies of the UWEA took part in the largest wind event in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe in 2022, organized by the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) and supported by the Ministry of Climate and Environment of Poland. The UWEA became the main international partner of the PWEA 2022 conference. Generally, the event was attended by more than 1,500 participants, arrived from all over Europe. The key topics of this year’s Conference included unavoidable climate change and the role of wind energy in the process of energy transformation of Poland and Europe, the use of renewable energy for large-scale production of green hydrogen or grid connection issues and business perspectives for cPPA. There has been also the topic of offshore wind energy, which is seen as an important element in ensuring Poland’s energy security in the coming years. Speakers also touched on more technical issues such as...
Ukrainian Wind Energy Association together with other RES industry associations in Ukraine called on President of Ukraine, Prime Minister and Minister of Energy of Ukraine to prevent the national renewable energy industry from destructing, industry which is a priority for the European energy policy, and preserve trust of those investors who remain loyal to Ukraine and seek to develop the economy of Ukraine after the war. On behalf of Ukrainian and international investors in RES, the associations appealed to cancel the Order of the Ministry of Energy №140 of 28.03.2022, which limits the level of payments to the RE producers (under this Order the current level of settlements amounts only to15-16%) and to ensure current payments to producers of RES in excess of 30-35% “Being aware of complexity of the situation in the energy sector, we have not appealed this Order against the court to avoid further destabilization of the energy market of Ukraine during times of war... However, as of...
The 14th Baltic Business Forum taking place on May 23-25 in Świnoujście, Poland, aimed at supporting Ukraine’s European aspirations and promoting economic cooperation between the countries. From the 24th of February we are facing an unexpected challenge. Russian agression towards Ukraine brings human tragedies, material losses, ruins dreams and the economy of Ukraine. This is why the main theme of this year’s BBF is “Power to Rebuild Ukraine”. BBF acquired honorary patronage of the Ukrainian Embassy in Poland. The Polish-Ukrainian chamber of Commerce and Industry (PUIG) and the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ULIE) are among the Forum’s co-organizers. This year Forum’s discussions include issues related to the impact of the russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine and the current geopolitical situation on the economies of the Baltic, Adriatic and Black Seas and the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. The UWEA Board members Andriy Konechenkov,...
The European Commission on Wednesday 18 May published its plan setting out how the European Union can eliminate its dependency on Russian fossil fuels, as EU convinced that those “enormous funds that russia receives for the export of its fossil fuels help it to continue to wage war against Ukraine.” The plan covers four main areas: energy efficiency and savings; energy supply diversification; clean-energy transition acceleration; investment and reform. REPowerEU emphasises the acceleration of green technologies, from solar photovoltaic to wind, and heat pumps to green hydrogen – and proposes to increase the EU’s headline 2030 target for renewables from 40% to 45%. The REPowerEU Plan would bring the total renewable energy generation capacities to 1,236 GW by 2030, in comparison to the 1,067 GW by 2030, envisaged under Fit for 55 for 2030. The EU is betting on the development of offshore wind energy, the wind resource of which “is stable and powerful, while the public...
On February 24, 2022, the russian federation forcefully entered Ukraine and unleashed the large-scale war accompanied by the destruction and occupation of critical infrastructure facilities, including renewables. As of May 3, 2022, the UWEA became aware of the destruction of at least 5 wind turbines, certain damages to a substations and power lines, robbery of staff buildings, and fusillade of work vehicles. Since the early hostilities, 1,262.5 MW or 80% of Ukraine's wind power capacities were stopped, most of which are llocated either at the heart of hostilities or in partial or complete occupation in southern Ukraine. As long as Ukraine continues to fight for energy independence, the full extent of russia's damage to Ukrainian wind power producers remains unknown. Nevertheless, the issue of compensation for damages and payment of relevant war reparations by the aggressor is on the agenda of the wind energy market. On May 6, 2022, the UWEA combined expert efforts of its law firms and...
On April, 28, 2022, on behalf of the Ukraine’s wind power sector, the UWEA called on the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to identify the wind power as a priority for the re-starting of Ukrainian economy and envisage large-scale deployment of wind energy in the National Plan of Post-War Economic Recovery of Ukraine. “On April 18, 2022, you held an intersectoral meeting devoted to a Plan for the post-war recovery of Ukraine. According to the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Government currently identifies those priority sectors of the economy that could become not only an effective tool for the recovery of Ukraine, but also a reliable background for further development of Ukraine on the principles of independence, freedom and investment attractiveness,” the Letter says. Considering that Ukraine is moving towards new European principles of development and has all the necessary potential to increase the total capacity of national wind power sector to 7 GW by 2030,...
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