REUTERS
The launch in Ukraine of new renewable energy capacities working on a "green" tariff in the first half of 2017 increased 4.5 times year-over-year (y-o-y), from 28.3 MW to 126.5 MW, the press service of the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine told UNIAN.
According to the press service, 121 MW of such capacities were put into operation in 2016. "In fact, more 'green' projects have been launched over six months than in 2016," the report reads.
Most of the capacities launched in the first half of 2017, namely 118.1 MW, are solar energy facilities. Another 5.5 MW are biogas power plants, and 2.9 MW are smaller hydropower facilities.
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As UNIAN reported earlier, on October 1, 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the National Renewable Energy Action Plan until 2020, which provides for an increase from about 1% to 11% in the share of renewables in the total electricity generation balance.
The main incentive for the development of renewables in Ukraine is "green" tariffs, i.e. especially high (higher than for the other types of generation, and established by law) prices of electricity, produced from renewable sources.