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The Public Union Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (the UWEA) congratulates its two member companies - Vestas, the world leading onshore wind manufacturer and DTEK Renewables, one of Ukraine’s leading renewable energy developers, for signing the first EnVentus order in the Eastern Europe region for the 126 MW DTEK Tiligulska wind farm in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine.
“It’s not the first case of successful cooperation between the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association’s member companies. Such fruitful projects demonstrate resilience and steadfastness of the Ukrainian wind power sector as well as readiness of investors to further strengthen the Ukraine’s economy and power sector despite all the legislative and political challenges,” noted Andriy Konechenkov, the Chairman of the UWEA Board.
According to the UWEA, despite 5,000 MW of wind projects, which were granted building permits still in 2019, the financial crisis that hit Ukraine’s renewable power market in 2020 significantly slowed the pace of wind installations (only 144.2 MW were added in 2020). The construction of the first phase of Tiligulska WPP will give new life and momentum to Ukraine’s wind power sector. With CO2 emissions savings estimated at 504,000 tonnes per year, Tiligulska wind power project would make a significant contribution to achieving goals set by the Low emission development strategy of Ukraine . At the same time, the implementation of the Tiligulska wind power project, which total installed capacity is planned to reach 564 MW, will create several hundred temporary and dozens of permanent jobs in Mykolaiv region.
Moreover, according to DTEK Renewables, the construction of 126 MW first phase is financed by the company’s funds accumulated in 2019 through issuing “green” Eurobonds. Maris Kunickis, CEO of DTEK Renewables: “We are proud that our company for its own funds, which were obtained in 2019, and at its own risk, given the instability of national power sector functioning, has taken the responsibility to implement RES projects and attract investments exclusively in Ukraine. Our company will continue to invest in clean and affordable energy in our country.”
According to Vestas, the first EnVentus contract in the Eastern Europe region includes supply, installation and commissioning of 21 V162-6.0 MW wind turbines, alongside a long-term 20-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement, enabling optimal power production throughout the project lifetime. The V162-6.0 MW turbines boast a swept area of over 20,000 m² and industry-leading energy production, while benefiting from the advanced modular design approach applied across Vestas’ EnVentus platform. That is why, the Ukrainian Tiligulska WPP will be one of the first wind farms in the world to generate “green” electricity by using the latest wind turbines of Vestas “We are just doing high quality work to improve the climate conditions of our planet,” underlined Igor Nus, Sales and Business Development Director for Eastern Europe and the CIS at Vestas.
According to the UWEA, 673 MW of Vestas wind turbines have already generating “green” electricity in Ukraine while the total installed capacity of the Ukrainian wind power sector has reached 1,314.1 MW.
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