The Cabinet of Ministers approved the national renewable energy action plan until 2030

On Tuesday, August 13, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the national renewable energy action plan for the period until 2030 and the plan of measures for its implementation.

This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine.

It is indicated that at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, three important decisions were made for the development of distributed generation.

In particular, the National Renewable Energy Action Plan for the period up to 2030 and the plan of measures for its implementation were approved.

«According to the Plan, the share of RES in gross final energy consumption in 2030 will be 27%, namely: in heating and cooling systems — 33%; in electricity production — 29%; in the transport sector — 17%,» the report says.

A separate decision of the Government established an additional annual quota of support for economic entities producing electricity from alternative energy sources for 2024.

Auctions for the distribution of support quotas are the most widespread mechanism for stimulating RES development on a competitive basis in the world.

In addition, by a separate order, the Government approved the conditions for conducting a tender for the construction of generating capacities and the implementation of demand management measures.

«This will allow to increase the amount of generation in the power system and its further development. In particular, it is planned to hold tenders for the construction of facilities, the capacity of each of which is 5 MW-80 MW, and the total capacity of the tender is 700 MW. The relevant facilities should be commissioned by the end of 2027,» added the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine.

Shelling of the energy sector in the spring of 2024

On March 22, Russia carried out the first massive shelling of energy infrastructure facilities this year. The Russian army attacked Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, Odesa and other regions of Ukraine.

The biggest was the attack on the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) in Zaporizhzhia. This is one of the largest and most powerful hydraulic structures in Ukraine. A rocket attack on the Dnipro HPP resulted in damage to two stations and a dam that are part of its structure.

Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of the Energy Research Center, says that by winter, Ukraine needs to restore at least 25-30% of the damaged heat generation: «We need to fully involve imports. Also, before winter, we need to restore as much as possible from coal generation, from hydro generation and build facilities in gas generation as much as possible.»

At the same time, according to the Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko, it is not appropriate to make any predictions about the difficulty of the next winter for the energy industry of Ukraine. In his opinion, now no one will be able to say with which generation Ukraine will end up in the winter: «Actually, everything looks comforting, because the system, despite the Russian strikes, is intact.»

The BBC predicts that Ukrainians can spend up to 20 hours a day without electricity or heating in winter.

In addition, on the night of June 22, the Russians launched missile attacks on critical infrastructure facilities in various regions of Ukraine. As a result of anti-aircraft combat, 25 air targets were shot down, but energy facilities in Zaporizhzhia and Lviv regions were still damaged. Also, as a result of an enemy attack on one of the objects, two energy workers were injured.