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will focus on renewables in the reconstruction of the energy sector largely destroyed by Russia. Renewables already accounted for a quarter of Ukraine’s power pre-war thanks to a very generous green tariff policy introduced by former President Petro Poroshenko that pulled in some $4bn into the sector.
Several new biomethane plants will be launched in Ukraine. Serhiy Labazyuk is the founder of the Vitagro group of companies, which in the autumn commissioned and connected to Ukraine's gas transmission system a biomethane plant with a capacity of 3mn cubic metres per year. Commenting on Vitagro's plans, he stated: "We have already completed one project, and we are preparing two more similar ones, with capacities of 3 and 5 mcm of biomethane per year." He believes that Ukraine's biomethane market may exceed 100 mcm per year in the short term, and Vitagro plans to become a significant player. Given its experience, the company intends to provide a full range of biomethane plant construction services to other companies. Also, TAS Agro has invested $15mn in equipment and infrastructure in 2024 and will continue these investments in 2025. The company's priority is livestock farming and constructing bioethanol and biogas plants fuelled by dairy farms to form a closed production cycle. "Regarding the energy sector, we are only developing a project. We will implement it by the end of 2027. The preliminary estimate of investment in biogas, bioethanol and farm expansion is up to $15mn," the company noted.
DTEK is building a wind farm near the front, which will provide electricity to more than a million families. How can Ukraine attract RES investment? DTEK representative Nataliya Slobodian said: "This is the only case in world history when a renewable generation facility is being built 100 km from a front line under martial law. We have completed the first 114-MW phase of the Tyligulska wind farm." She clarified that currently, there is enough capacity to provide electricity to 200,000 Ukrainian families. According to Slobodian, the wind farm's second phase can generate 384 MW, enough for another 900,000 families. DiXi Group analyst Bohdan Serebrenikov added that the Tyligulska wind farm is also unique in that it "did not go for the green tariff" and did not use any state support. Investment in the facility will amount to €650mn. Serebrenikov noted that green reconstruction is a very important condition for accessing European funds and mechanisms because potential investors in the EU and the US will not support old technologies.
Which companies lost green generation from the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories? DTEK Renewables lost the largest amount of installed generation capacity – 498 MW – to the Russian occupation. Three foreign companies comprise the largest lost share of capacity: Vindkraft, Emergy of Norwegian NBT, and EuroCape of LongWing Energy. All their Ukrainian generating assets are occupied, a total of 682 MW.
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