Ukraine's wind power in next 5 years to expand with new facilities of 1 GW, says Wind Power

14:19, 28.02.2013 1 min read

In the coming five years new wind power plants with a total capacity of around one gigawatt will be launched in Ukraine, Director of Wind Power LLC, part of the DTEK Holding, German Ainbinder, has said.

"In the coming five years around one gigawatt of wind power plants could be built… Then if the forecasts on achieving grid parity come true, the figure could be doubled," he said at the fourth Ukrainian Energy Forum organized by Adam Smith Institute.

Head of the Ukrainian Wind Power Association Andriy Konechenkov confirmed the realistic character of the projections of Wind Power.

As reported, DTEK launched wind power plants with a capacity of 90 megawatts at Botiyevska wind power plant (Zaporizhia region), and this year the holding plans to increase the plant's capacity to 200 megawatts.

Along with DTEK, large wind power projects in Ukraine are being realized by Wind Farms of Ukraine. Eco-Optima and Windkraft also build wind farms in the country.