Some 79 new renewable energy facilities with a total capacity of 182.7 MW were built in Ukraine in the past six months, according to the Ecotown news portal on alternative energy.
Ukraine is negotiating with one of France's largest energy companies Engie SA about building a giant solar park worth US$1.25 billion in the uninhabited radioactive zone surrounding the abandoned Chornobyl nuclear reactor, according to Ukrainian weekly news magazine Korrespondent with reference to Bloomberg.
Three solar power plants with a total capacity of 86 MW are to be built in Odesa region before June 1, 2018, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Chairman of Lviv Regional State Administration Oleh Syniutka announces that two wind farms, three solar power plants, and at least one hydroelectric power station will be put into operation in Lviv region before the end of the year, according to the Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda.