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According to WindEurope Press Release published on February 28, 2023, Europe built 19 GW of new wind energy capacity in 2022. 16 GW of those were in the EU. That’s 40% up on 2021. But it’s much less than what’s needed for the EU’s 2030 goals. And investments in new wind farms and new wind turbine orders were down in 2022: due to unhelpful Government interventions in electricity markets and inflation. The EU and national Governments must restore investor confidence. And they must engage proactively to support the European wind supply chain and enable it to grow. Europe built 19 GW of new wind energy capacity in 2022. Germany built the most followed by Sweden, Finland, France and the UK. Europe now has 255 GW of wind energy capacity. Those are some of the findings of the WindEurope Annual Statistics report 2022. 87% of the new wind capacity Europe built last year was onshore. There was only 2.5 GW of new offshore wind farms. Not enough to reach EU targets The EU-27 built 16...
On16 February 2023, there was a working meeting of the NEURC management and the representatives of the renewable energy industry with the participation of senior executives of NPC Ukrenergo, SE Guaranteed Buyer, leading industry associations and renewable energy companies. The participants of the meeting discussed current industry issues, in particular, the status of settlements with RES producers, determining the approach to the responsibility of RES producers for imbalance settlement. In his speech, NEURC Chairman Kostiantyn Ushchapovskyi assured that the Regulator was making efforts to resolve the payment issue. According to him, for the first time in 2 years, the Regulator has included all RES costs in the transmission tariff of NPC Ukrenergo for 2023, meaning that 20% of the cost of RES commercial products not included in the tariff in previous years was added. At the same time, Mykyta Vyshnevskyi, Director for Market Operations at NPC Ukrenergo, noted that there was already a...
On 07-09 February 2023, the high-level international investment conference Energy Week Black Sea was successfully held in Bucharest, Romania. The event was organised by a UK-based consultancy Invest in Network. The UWEA was the event’s official Knowledge Partner. The war in Ukraine has further disrupted an already volatile market, in which energy prices were rising due to post-lockdown energy demand exceeding supply. Today, self-sufficiency and energy independence talks no longer amount to rhetoric. Utilising vast renewable energy potential, increasing interconnection and facilitating system flexibility and market liberalisation are of paramount importance. At the same time, the Black Sea region is emerging as a renewables hub and there is a political will to cooperate on the regional level prioritising clean energy transition. The event comprised a 2-day Utility-scale Conference (07-08 February) addressing the green transition challenges and a Rooftop Solar Day (09 February)...
Addressing the current challenges faced by the RES Industry
which would define its future in Ukraine
On February 3, 2023, the UWEA jointly with other RES Industry associations of Ukraine called on the President of Ukraine to reaffirm the invariance of legislative guarantees for investors into renewable energy and contribute to eliminating the obstacles for RES producers and creating favorable conditions for the industry’s further development, in particular:
1)Expedite the adoption of program documents to lay the groundwork for the development of Ukraine’s energy sector and renewable energy in particular (National Renewable Energy Development Action Plan for the period up to 2030 and 2050 Energy Strategy);
2)Expedite the adoption of draft law No. 8191 dated 08 November 2022 “On Changes to Certain Laws of Ukraine” which extends the terms for the commissioning of renewable energy generation facilities under the power purchase agreements at the feed-in tariff...
Since April 2022, the UWEA has repeatedly called on the Government and parliamentarians of Ukraine to adopt a law aimed at extending the deadlines for the commissioning of wind power capacities at the “green” tariff, the construction of which was put on hold because of russia's full-scale war against Ukraine. All these projects are in the advanced stage of construction works, with all relevant equipment supply and construction contracts having been concluded and grid connection costs being paid. On November 8, 2022, the Ministry of Energy registered the long-awaited draft law No. 8191 “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Extending the Commissioning Period of Renewable Energy Facilities under Contracts for the Purchase and Sale of Electric Energy at the “Green” Tariff Concluded by December 31, 2019” (hereinafter - Draft Law No. 8191). However, despite the importance and urgency of this draft law in the context of ensuring Ukraine's energy security, the consideration...
On December 26, 2022 the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) and the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA) handed over two 3 kW mobile solar systems to Irpin City Center of Primary Health Care. Solar electricity will allow medical entities in Irpin community, one of the most affected by the Russian aggression in Kyiv region, to use certain medical equipment also in times of power interruptions. The 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, small and stand-alone solar systems, including batteries, power banks, etc. The WWEA-UWEA joint project aims at helping civilians with solving energy problems through the use of renewable energy sources. Ukraine has a huge wind and solar potentials. Wind and solar technologies, as the most affordable and scalable, will support the independence and prosperity of our...
Memorandum of Cooperation signed by the Chairman of the UWEA Board Andriy Konechenkov and the founder of the NRG.space. office space Oleksiy Badika on December 22, 2022, aims at ensuring the effective transformation of the energy system of Ukraine. Cooperation between the UWEA and NRG.space residents will result in new development projects, contribute to professional growth of the energy and environmental industries specialists, ensure harmonization of Ukrainian energy legislation and strengthening of energy security of Ukraine. In addition, there will be special conditions for rent and services for the UWEA’s members. “This cooperation opens up opportunities for the members of our association to integrate into the energy expert community while working and participating in NRG.space events. This is an opportunity for developing and implementing new projects and establishing partnerships that would not be possible without the joint work of specialists from different fields in one...
“Renewables were already expanding quickly, but the global energy crisis has kicked them into an extraordinary new phase of even faster growth as countries seek to capitalise on their energy security benefits. …The world is set to add as much renewable power in the next five years as it did in the previous 20 years,” said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. On December 6, 2022, the International Energy Agency (IEA) presented its annual World Energy Outlook 2022. This year World Energy Outlook explores three scenarios: Stated Policies Scenario (STEPS), which looks not at what governments say they will achieve, but at what they are actually doing to achieve the targets and objectives they have set out, and assesses where this leads the energy sector. Announced Pledges Scenario (APS), which examines where all current announced energy and climate commitments – including net zero emissions pledges as well as commitments in areas such as energy access – would take...
On December 2, 2022, the business mission of the Ukrainian delegation to Latvia, which was organized by the Latvian and Ukrainian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ended. The business mission was held under the slogan “Support Ukraine's integration into the single Western and European market, using Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia as entry points”, and focused on the study of the Latvian experience in renewable energy and waste processing sector of the economy. While presenting their biomass and solar thermal power plants, and processing household waste projects, the Latvian business representatives described specific items for implementing such projects. The transition to local energy sources and the balanced development of Latvian cities and regions is the primary purpose of introducing renewable energy technologies. Today, Latvia is proud to be one of the first EU economies prepared for a complete phase-out from Russian gas. At the same time, it should be noted quite a high wind...
On December 1, 2022, a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association and the Latvian Wind Energy Association (Memorandum on Cooperation) was signed in Riga, Latvia. The signing ceremony took place within the business visit of the Ukrainian delegation to Latvia, which was organized by the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Latvia and Ukraine and held under the slogan “Supporting Ukraine's integration into the single Western and European market, using Latvia as an entry point”, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Latvian Wind Energy Association Gatis Galvins: “Cooperation between our countries will not only enable setting up new energy structures of our countries without russian gas, but will also provide an opportunity for knowledge and experience exchange on wind energy development”. Associations will undertake joint activities to demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of wind technologies to a national and European audiences, with...
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