The first solar project in the Chornobyl zone is expected to be commissioned next month, a step forward in the developers’ plan to invest EUR 100 million and build renewables in the radioactive exclusion zone, according to Bloomberg.
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.
Ukraine sees positive dynamics of demand for solar panels from the population with another 200 households having installed private solar power systems with a total capacity of 3.4 MW in the first quarter of 2017, according to the website of the State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine.