For the last year (from September 2010 to September 2011), the fully fledged renewable energy sector has been formed in Ukraine, represented by the solar, wind, small hydropower engineering and biofuel sectors. According to the report, prepared by the Association of the Alternative Types of Fuel and Energy Participants of Ukraine, within the framework of the preparation of the 3^rd International Forum on the renewable power engineering and energy efficiency (REF-2011), which will be held on 17-18^th of October, 2011 in Kyiv, new objects of electric generation, with the total capacity of more than 98 megawatt and heat generation of more than 42 megawatt, have been put into operation, for the mentioned period.

 

In particular, prior to October, 2010, there was no big energy generation object in the segment of solar power engineering (this sector was represented by some low capacity home systems) in Ukraine. In October, 2010, in the city of Rodnikovoe (Simferopilskiy district, Autonomous Republic of Crimea), the Austrian company called Activ Solar, sponsor of the Solar Energy Session REF-2011, put into service first Ukrainian solar power plant, with a capacity of 2.5 megawatt. For the following 11 months, Activ Solar has put into service objects in Crimea, with a total capacity of 65 megawatt. At the moment, the total capacity of the networked solar power plants of Activ Solar is 67.5 megawatt. In 2011, Activ Solar also plans to bring capacity levels on industrial production of polysilicon, at possessed by the company Zaporigzka factory of semiconductors, to 3800 tons.

 

Beside the projects of Activ Solar, there have been realized several small projects in Ukraine, concerning roof photoelectric system, with a total capacity of about 100 kilowatt.  In 2011, Ukrainian market of solar power engineering has also become a center of keen interests, for some foreign engineering companies from such countries as Israel, Spain, Germany and USA. At the moment, there are several solar power plants of the average power, in the process of implementation. In general, as of September, 2011, the total capacity of power plants in Ukraine is approximately 67.6 megawatt.

Launch of the first line of the wind farm called ”Novoazovskiy” in the Bezimyanniy town, Novoazovskiy district, in the coastal area of Asov Sea(with a first line capacity of 25 megawatt, total capacity of the wind farm will be 107.5 megawatt) has become the key event of the last year. In particular, 10 wind generators of one German company called Fuhrländer AG, have been installed at the object. One year before, in July 2010, the enterprise called «Фурлендер Виндтехнолоджи» has been created. Fuhrländer AG has become one of the shareholders of this enterprise. The main purpose of this project is the organization of production delivery of wind generators in Ukraine. Also, the Greek company called Sa Prime Energy Construction SA (sponsor of the wind power engineering section, REF-211) plans to implement the large-scale project of the wind farm construction, with a total capacity of 1000 megawatt in Pervomaysk, Razdolnenskiy, Krasnoperekopsk and Leninskiy districts of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

In its turn, Eurocape New Energy Limited (the Principality of Monaco), which is part of the international concern called Eurocape Group, intends to build a wind farm, with a capacity of more than 300 megawatt, in the Priazovskiy district(Zaporigzkiy region).

 In 2011, «Eco-Optima» (wind farm of about 5 megawatt in the western part of Ukraine) and Japanese Toshiba (first line - 6 megawatt in Crimea) have expressed their desire to build wind farms in Ukraine. As of September 2011, the total power of working wind farms is approximately 110 megawatt.

Ukrainian company “Eco-Optima” has also stated about its plans to invest into the construction of several objects of small hydropower engineering. In general, more than 10 companies, including foreign companies, have expressed their desire to build small hydroelectric power plants in Ukraine. For the mentioned period, 14 new objects of small hydropower engineering, with a total power of 3 megawatt, have been put into service. In compliance with the data, shared by the Association of the Alternative Types of Fuel and Energy Participants of Ukraine, in general, as of September 2011, there are 64 small hydropower plants being operated, with a total capacity of more than 104 megawatt. Largest operators of such stations are companies like “Novosvit” and “Energoinvest”.

In Ukraine, in the segment of the hard biofuel production, within a period from September 2010 to September 2011, the capacities on hard biofuel production (fuel briquettes and pellets) have increased by 270 thousand tons per year- to 950 thousand tons. The main contribution to this dynamics, according to the research, made by the Association of the Alternative Types of Fuel and Energy Participants of Ukraine, have been made by oil-extracting plants, that established lines of granulation and briquetting of sunflower husks, with a total capacity of 250 thousand tons per year. Also, according to the research, made by the Association of the Alternative Types of Fuel and Energy Participants of Ukraine, there had been build more than 30 large objects of heat generation, based on biomass, with a total capacity of 42 megawatt, including 4 biofuel power plants, with a capacity of 3 megawatt, for the mentioned period. In Ukraine, as of September 2011, the total power of heat generation objects based on biomass (woodworking waste, agrarian waste) is approximately 64 megawatt, electric generation – approximately 4 megawatt.

Within the mentioned period of time, some activities could also be noticed, in the segment of motor biofuel.  In particular, in April 2011, “Azov Oil Company”(member of the Association of the Alternative Types of Fuel and Energy Participants of Ukraine), which possesses the oil-processing plant in the city of Mariupol (Donetsk region) has started the implementation of the petrol production oil ”Innovativ E-95”, which consists of more than 40 percent of biological components and differs from traditional types of petrol because of its improved ecological and operational qualities. Capacities of this enterprise give a possibility to produce more than 5 thousand tons of biofuel per year.

By commenting the bottom lines of the sector development, the president of the Association of the Alternative Types of Fuel and Energy Participants of Ukraine, Vitaliy Daviy, has emphasized, “Ukraine is in the spotlight for majority of international players with regard to the renewable energy industry. For the last year, all those projects that have been realized in Ukraine enabled it to become a full-fledged member of the international industry society. However, achieved results represent only the small portion of the potential that Ukraine possesses. In the upcoming year, Ukraine is expected to have a real boom in the sphere of renewable energy industry. First and foremost, the level and the number of participants of the REF-2011 Forum is a good example of what is going to come. It’s good to state that projects in the sphere of alternative energy and new types of fuel, which have been waiting for a long time on paper, have started to come into reality”

Detailed conclusions of Ukrainian companies, involved in the sphere of renewable energy, analysis of problems and industry prospects, and also a presentation of some new investment projects, will take place within the framework of the working program of the 3^rd International forum on renewable energy and energy efficiency (REF-2011), (Interocontinental Hotel). The organizer of the Forum is the Renewable Energy Center Fuel Alternative; co-organizer is the Association of the Alternative Types of Fuel and Energy Participants of Ukraine, with a support of the European Small Hydropower Association (ESHA), Solar Power Industry Association of Germany (BSW-Solar) and others. In 2010, among the participants of the REF-2010 were more than 280 delegates from 30 countries. Official support to the Forum is provided by the Supreme Council of Ukraine Committee on the issues of energy industry, Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine, State Agency on Ecological investments of Ukraine.

Organizing committee: +38 044 498 90 56, info@ref-ua.com, www.ref-ua.com 

 

Created in September 2009, the Association sets as a goal, the consolidation of the participants of the renewable energy industry market for acceleration of formation and development of the alternative energy and clean technologies industry in Ukraine, development of effective and progressive legal basis, assistance in making Ukrainian production more stable on external markets, protection of the market participants interests. As of 1^st September, 2011, the Association includes 25 companies.

Regarding comments, interviews, additional information please contact Iryna Nemova, secretary of the - Association of the Alternative Types of Fuel and Energy Participants of Ukraine via cell phone: +38 067 810 88 22, E-Mail: info@apeu.info