Renewable energy in Ukraine

[5] Renewable energy use in Ukraine started from a relatively low base in 2016, but until the 2022 invasion its use was growing in all sectors.

Climate News Network reported in 2017 that Chinese companies plan to spend $1bn in a solar power park in the nuclear disaster area in Ukraine.

Thus, during the year, 813 MW of new capacities generating power from renewable sources were installed.

In particular, in 2018, the following additional capacities were introduced: Over 730 million euros were invested in the installation of 813 MW of renewable energy facilities.

[19] In the first quarter of 2019, power plants producing electricity from renewable sources, with a total capacity of 862 MW, were commissioned in Ukraine, more than the whole of 2018.

At the same time, in 2019, an alternative source energy sector in Ukraine plans to attract 4 billion euros of investment.

Generally, in April–June period in Ukraine were commissioned "green" power plants with a total capacity of 656 MW.

In the first quarter of this year, objects of alternative energy produced 1.9 billion kWh of electricity.

In Q2, solar panels was installed by more than 3,000 households with a total capacity of more than 85 MW, which is more than 2 times more than in the first quarter of 2019.

TOP-3 areas with the highest number of households SPP are:[26] In 2022, at the World Economic Forum in Davos DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko presented a project to increase the capacity of renewable energy in Ukraine from 9 to 30 GW by 2030,[27] as a significant part of Ukraine's post-war rebuilding plan.