13:39 14.03.2022

Almost half of Ukraine's renewable energy facilities worth almost $6 bln threatened owith destruction by Russian troops – UARE

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Almost half of Ukraine's renewable energy facilities worth almost $6 bln threatened owith destruction by Russian troops – UARE

Almost half of the renewable energy facilities worth over $5.6 billion and with a capacity of almost 4 GW are in the area of active hostilities, the Ukrainian Association of Renewable Energy (UARE) said.

"Some 47% of the installed capacity of renewable energy power plants is located in the regions where active hostilities are taking place. Total investments in the Ukrainian RES sector over the last ten years amount to $12 billion according to the Ukrainian Renewable Energy Association. As a result of the Russian military invasion, assets worth more than $5.6 billion in capital investment are currently in active hostilities regions," the association said in the press release.

In addition, according to its calculations, more than $ 3.6 billion in capital investment is in the regions adjacent to the areas where active hostilities are taking place.

"Accordingly, more than 3,970 MW of RES capacities are in areas of imminent threat of complete or partial destruction," the association said, adding that by the beginning of 2022, the installed capacity of renewable energy was 9.5 GW.

As noted in the association, some 89% of the wind farms capacity is located in areas where active hostilities are currently underway, another 9% are located in close proximity to regions with active hostilities. The vast majority of wind farms in Ukraine were built in the south of the country with the highest wind potential - Zaporizhia, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odesa regions.

The association also said that 37% of ground, 35% of roof / facade solar power plants and almost half (48%) of biomass stations are also located in areas of active hostilities, 34%, 19% and 42% respectively - in neighboring areas with an extremely high probability of hostilities.

According to the association, the situation is slightly better with biogas stations and small hydropower plants: 29% of biogas plants 16% of small hydropower plants are located in areas of active hostilities.

"Some of RES stations have already been shut down - some of them due to equipment damage, others - because of electric transmission lines destruction. There are registered cases of destruction of wind turbines, solar panels, electrical equipment of RES stations, electric transmission lines, and electrical substations. Soldiers of the Russian occupation forces steal all the equipment from the stations, everything that can be stolen and taken away," the association said.

According to it, given the cost of capital investment, the cost of restoring generation capacity, transmission lines, equipment, compensation for health and lives of renewable energy workers in Ukraine, Ukrainian renewable energy sector will demand compensation from Russian invaders in international courts.

"Damage caused by the Russian occupiers to all Ukrainian and international businesses on the territory of Ukraine must be compensated through international litigation," the association said.

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