Ukraine

A Canadian investor is planning to build a 150 MW solar plant in the northern part of Ukraine’s Luhansk Oblast, which is under the control of the country’s authorities. The project is expected to be located in Rubizhne, a town that was re-conquered by the Ukrainian military forces in July 2014.

Cumulative PV capacity installed under the scheme reached 90 MW at the end of June. Of this capacity, around 27 MW were deployed in the second quarter alone.

The Norwegian developer, which is already developing two solar plants totaling 83 MW in the Eastern European country, has now secured an agreement to build a 47 MW facility in the Mykolaiv region in south Ukraine.

According to new provisional numbers released by the Ukrainian government, around 206 MW of new solar PV power stations were connected to the country’s grid in the first half of 2018. Cumulative installed PV power has now reached 948 MW.

The net metering scheme, which is open to rooftop solar PV projects not exceeding 30 kW in size, was introduced by the Ukrainian government in 2015.

According to new provisional numbers released by the Ukrainian government, around 100 MW of new solar PV power stations were connected to the country’s grid in the first quarter of 2018.

The feasibility study was conducted by France’s Tractebel Engineering SA. The authors of the report concluded that the 1.2 GW solar park is feasible, despite the current radioactive contamination levels in the area.

The Norwegian developer’s first solar project in the eastern European country is expected to help the region of Cherkasy reduce its energy shortage.

The Irish developer is planning to invest €255 million in the project, which is expected to be located near the village of Levodka, in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The country’s cumulative installed solar power has reached 741 MW, while rooftop PV under net metering has topped 37 MW. Over 500 MW of new PV additions are expected in 2018.