Solar power in Ukraine

[3] Solar and wind power in Ukraine could be greatly expanded to meet much of the country’s electricity demand.

In order to reduce this, Ukraine adopted a feed-in tariff (FIT) which was one of the highest in the world - UAH 5.0509 (EUR 0.46) per kWh.

[6] The government announced in the law on green auctions, adopted in April 2019,[7] that the feed in tariffs would be replaced by an auction based quota system coming in force in 2020 for all solar PV systems greater than 1 MW,[8] which if applied effectively could facilitate a larger and sustainable solar development in the country.

The latest information about installed solar energy capacity in Ukraine, is kept up to date by the national power company Ukrenergo.

[28] The head of the Ukrainian Association of Renewable Energy, writing in 2024, said that solar farms were no longer profitable because they were being curtailed so much to stabilise the grid.

[23] Although solar farms have been attacked, they are generally more resilient than large gas and coal-fired power stations.