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The European Wind Energy Association expresses its sincere condolences and sympathies to all those touched by the tragic events that unfolded in Paris on Friday 13 November. Our hearts and thoughts go out to them and the people of France at this very difficult time.
EWEA has been working closely with the local authorities and they have advised us to move forward with preparations for EWEA 2015 as intended. We have therefore decided that the EWEA 2015 event in the French capital this week must go ahead as planned.
We are taking all the necessary security and logistical measures to ensure the utmost safety and care is taken throughout the four-day event. I would like to assure everyone that EWEA has not taken this decision lightly, but we feel it is essential that we stand firm in the face of such adversity. We must continue as we mean to go on.
Giles Dickson,
Chief Executive Officer, EWEA
Worldwide wind capacity has reached 392 GW, 428 GW expected for full 2015 year.The worldwide wind capacity reached 392’927 MW by the end of June 2015, out of which 21’678 MW were added in the first six months of 2015. This increase is substantially higher than in the first half of 2014 and 2013, when 17,6 GW respectively 13,9 GW were added. All wind turbines installed worldwide by mid-2015 can generate 4 % of the world’s electricity demand.The global wind capacity grew by 5,8 % within six months (after 5,6 % in the same period in 2014 and 4,9 % in 2013) and by 16,8 % on an annual basis (mid-2015 compared with mid-2014). In comparison, the annual growth rate in 2014 was lower (16,5 %).Reasons for the relatively positive development of the worldwide wind markets are certainly the economic advantages of wind power, after all its increasing competitiveness, uncertainties regarding the international oil and gas supply, and the pressing need to go for emission free...
On July 20, 2015, National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities of Ukraine passed its Ordinance No 2046 “On Establishment of “green” tariffs for electricity generated by private households”. In compliance with the Ukrainian legislation the Ordinance has come into force on the day of its official publication, i.e. today, August 25, 2015.
According to the above mentioned Ordinance “green” tariffs for electric power generated by the installations installed in private households and using wind and/or solar energy (provided the total capacity of such installation does not exceed 30 kW) have been set as follow:
On June 4, 2015, the Ukrainian parliament adopted Draft Law on Introduction of Changes to Certain Laws of Ukraine with respect to Securing Competitive Conditions for Production of Electricity from Alternative Energy Sources, No. 2010-d of 19.05.2015 (the “Law”). The Law, which contains various changes to the current feed-in tariff regime in Ukraine, is a milestone for a sector that has stagnated for last several years due to several legislative barriers, such as a problematic local content requirement, a restrictive definition of biomass, unbalanced tariffs for various types of renewables, etc. On July 14, 2015 the President of Ukraine signed the law, on July 15 it was officially published and entered into force under the number of 514-VIII on the date following the date of its official publication. The Law contains the following changes:1. Both products and waste will be considered as biomass for the purpose of qualifying for the feed-in tariff or...
Meeting between the members of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association and the European Energy Community with the participation of the European Wind Energy Association took place in Vienna, Austria, on 3 July 2015. Participants discussed the regulatory challenges experienced by the Ukrainian wind industry, in particular, lack of indexation of the green feed-in tariff in the period of August 2014 – February 2015; cuts to the feed-in tariff in February and March 2015 and exclusion from the market of wind assets adjacent to conflict zones. Additional issues related to priority access, VAT recovery and import tariffs were highlighted as part of a generally challenging regulatory environment. The EC noted that the recently voted law On Introducing Changes to Certain Laws of Ukraine Regarding Competitive Conditions for Production of Electricity from Alternative Energy Sources remedies these problems for the future (guaranteed feed-in tariff) but acknowledged the law has yet to...
On June 24, 2015 in the framework of a meeting hold by the Ukrainian Energy Assembly (UEA) two Ukrainian companies Tokmak Solar Energy and Wind Power presented their RE projects implemented in Zaporozhye region. Memebers of the Ukrainian Parliament, journalists and energy experts visited solar plant Tokmak Solar Energy and Botiyevskaya wind power plant. The wind power plant being composed of 65 wind turbines Vestas V 112 is one of the largest wind farms in the Central and Eastern Europe. Its total installed capacity amounts to 200 MW. The Botiyevskaya WPP located in the coastal area of the Azov Sea is the first plant to form the Priazovskiy Wind Park. The wind park will include two more wind power plants – Primorskaya (200 MW) and Berdyanskay (150 MW) WPPs which are at present in the pipeline. Botiyevskaya WPP was fully commissioned at the end of 2014. Its annual electricity generation is expected to be an average of about 686 million kWh, which would...
Round table Wind Energy - Path to Energy Independence in Time of War was conducted on June 15, 2015 by the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association in cooperation with the Scientific-Technical Center Psycheа (STC Psychea) in celebration of the Global Wind Day in Ukraine. In his opening words Sergiy Sapegin, director of STC Psychea, noted that the role of RES had been constantly increasing at national and international levels. For Ukraine with its current military –political instability and total energy dependence on imported energy carriers the renewable energy development is of high importance and of high urgency. 2014 was another record year for the global wind industry stressed Andriy Konechenkov, Head of the UWEA. More than 50 GW was added bringing the global total to 370 GW. “Since there have been no growth in nuclear capacity worldwide (the world nuclear industry remained at 374 GW in 2014) and the wind industry has already reached 400 GW in the...
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