Ukraine proposes to add 895 megawatts of solar energy by 2025

    The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine proposes to hold an auction of 155 MW of new Off Grid Solar System Packages solar power generation next year, followed by auctions of 170 MW in 2022, 180 MW in 2023, 190 MW in 2024, and 200 MW in 2025. .

    This morning, the Department of Energy published a report in Photovoltaic magazine, stating that, once approved by the government, a 50-megawatt solar auction will be held in June, followed by a second round of 50-megawatt procurement in October. Procurement activities for small 5-megawatt arrays (power generation not exceeding 1 MW). The third 50 MW auction will be held in November, thus bringing the 2021 timetable to a successful conclusion.

    The Ministry of Energy’s report emphasized that, as planned, next year’s solar power generation capacity will be more than three times the capacity of the new 50 MW project recommended by the Ukrainian State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation (SAEE). According to documents from the Ministry of Energy, Ukrenergo, the national transmission system operator, once suggested that the only renewable energy facility to be put into operation next year should be a new 100 MW hydro, biomass and biogas power generation facility.

    The report compares the recommended figures for the next four years with the 80 MW, 110 MW, 140 MW and 170 MW of solar power generation recommended by SAEE. Ukrenergo proposes the same solar power generation combination in 2022 and next year. , But did not make any recommendations related to solar energy in subsequent years.

    The proposed renewable energy auction plan was introduced after Law No. 3658 took effect in August, which lowered the feed-in tariff (FIT) paid under signed contracts.

    The price reduction of solar power plants from 2.5%-for power plants with a scale of 1 MW that were put into operation after January 1 this year, and arrays of 1 MW and above that were put into operation from January 1 to October 31 this year Of power plants — up to 60% — are targeted at 1-75 MW power plants that will be commissioned after April 1 next year and larger-scale power plants commissioned since November 1 this year. For the 1-75 MW project that will be put into production from November 1 this year to the end of March next year, FIT will be reduced by 30%.

    For the old power plants that were put into use between July 2015 and the end of last year, projects of more than 1 MW will be reduced by 15%, and smaller arrays will be reduced by 7.5%.