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On July 6, 2021, Kyiv hosted CISOLAR 2021, the 10th solar energy conference and trade show of Central and Eastern Europe. The event was organized, in particular, in sponsorship and with the support of EDS and KNESS, the UWEA Member Companies. The Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA) became an information partner of the event.
CISOLAR is the main business platform of the solar energy industry which for the last ten years in a row has gathered all representatives of public authorities, RES associations, PV market players and society stakeholders to get the market insights and to discuss the current and further development of the solar power sector in Ukraine.
The first day of the Conference was devoted to “green” transition as an inevitable process for Ukraine. Participants discussed the major trends in global energy development, the ways of decarbonizing energy sector, new energy technological drivers and industry infrastructure projects.
Conference’s session “The main trends that will determine the vector of energy development in 2021-2022” gained much interest among participants. It included such prominent speakers as: Olga Buslavets, former head of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, Alexander Dombrovsky, president of MHP Eco Energy and chairman of 100% RE Ukraine, Andriy Konechenkov, chairman of the UWEA Board and vice president of the WWEA, Sergiy Savchuk, executive director of Clear Energy, Nadiya Petruchenko, development director of SPP Development Ukraine, Oleksandr Zapyshnyi, founder of EDS, and Oleksiy Badika, founder of Atmosfera. The discussion was moderated by Yulia Berezovska, co-founder of IB Centre and New Age Lab.
Andriy Konechenkov focused on the current challenges that the Ukrainian RES market faces and which have already halted RES development in the country. In case of problems remain unsolved they will significantly impact national RES market in future as well. He listed the following issues, in particular: the League of Antitrust’s application to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on recognition of “green” tariff as abusive state aid in breach of Ukrainian laws; constitutional petition of 47 MP’s of Ukraine on the unconstitutionality of the “green” tariff to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine; the Government’s intention to impose an excise duty on “green” electricity enshrined in the Draft Law No 5600 passed by the Parliament at its first reading on 1 July, 2021; current debts to RES producers for electricity deliveries in 2021 and the unresolved indebtedness for the previous year; the delay in launching “green” auctions.
“As a representative of wind power sector who speaks today at the premier solar energy conference, I want to underline, that current RES market situation with all its challenges, proves the absence of any distinctions in the market among renewables. Today, all renewable energy technologies, namely: wind, solar, biomass and small hydropower equally suffer from these challenges and directly depend on decisions by both the Antimonopoly Committee and the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. Thus, it is important to combine our efforts, to join our forces in advocating RES market interests. All renewable energy sources should speak with one voice”, said Andriy Konechenkov.
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