September 3, 2020 — Policy Briefing NPP Analysis – May 2020 NPP electricity generation in May was significantly below the economic efficient level. This cannot be explained by Covid-related demand decrease or a high RES generation share.
July 15, 2020 — Policy Briefing Regulating Curtailment Curtailing and compensating RES can be cheaper than taking up 100% of RES electricity through investment into conventional plant park or transmission.
May 26, 2020 — Policy Briefing The effects of COVID-19 on electricity consumption in 2020 2020 electricity consumption might decrease by 5% (best case) to 8% (worst-case scenario).
December 20, 2019 — Policy Briefing Electricity for all Basic technological & economic features of electricity markets (in EU countries). Challenges in market development: new forms of trading, sector coupling and digitalisation.
December 14, 2019 — Policy Briefing Renewable Energy in Ukraine Further RES expansion is needed to replace the ageing power plant fleet and to sustain energy security. To account for a higher variability in the system, different instruments can be utilized.
December 10, 2019 — Policy Briefing CO2 taxation in Ukraine Tax revenues from a potential upstream carbon tax in Ukraine of 27UAH/t CO2 are estimated between UAH 5.6 and 6.1 bln. Price increases from taxation are strongest for coal (+3.5%-4.3%).
November 8, 2019 — Policy Briefing Russian Ukrainian Electricity Trade Increasing electricity imports from Russia can help to improve competition, reduce prices and reduce emissions. But it should be regulated to minimize adverse effects.
September 23, 2019 — Policy Briefing Aspects of RES-support in Ukraine The Ukrainian electricity system can absorb fluctuations of higher RES shares and support a further expansion with RES auctions.
August 23, 2019 — Policy Briefing Making Ukraine’s Electricity Market work for Ukrainians Analysis of (inflated) wholesale prices after electricity market opening. What could be done in the short and long run to fix this?
June 27, 2019 — Policy Briefing Electricity Market Opening – assessment of latest regulations Before the deadline for electricity market opening, Ukraine’s official work hard to patch the holes in the upcoming regulatory framework. Does it help or constraints the future market?
June 21, 2019 — Policy Briefing Promoting structural change in Ukrainian coal regions A successful structural change can avoid a negative impact on the labour market and trigger an economic shift towards a more future-oriented industry.
May 28, 2019 — Policy Briefing Summary: Risks of opening the Ukrainian Electricity Market Ukraine is about to liberalise its electricity market. Yet the devil is in the details: the rules are far from perfect and key players are not ready. What are the risks?
May 28, 2019 — Policy Briefing Analysis: Risks of opening the Ukrainian Electricity Market The market opening on July 1st may have negative impact on final prices for industries and economy as a whole. With little time left, at least critical risks should be mitigated.
March 29, 2019 — Policy Briefing RES auctions in Ukraine Quota Sizing 25% of electricity generation can come from Renewables in 2035 when annually installing around 500MW, what seems realistically as of today.
March 28, 2019 — Policy Briefing A Scenario based 2035 Forecast of Electricity Demand in Ukraine Ukraine’s 2035 electricity demand is estimated based on GDP growth, electricity price and energy efficiency trajectories. Only in a high GDP growth scenario, demand increases substantially.
March 28, 2019 — Policy Briefing Local curtailment charges for RES The concentration of wind and solar plants in high-yield regions increases balancing needs and grid constraints. We recommend introducing a transparent curtailment charge mechanism.
March 25, 2019 — Policy Briefing Energy and Climate Targets – An Overview Key messages: Multitude of energy & climate obligations must be coordinatedRES share surpasses unambitious targetsDiffering indicators in national strategies – risk to cause confusionProgress in energy intensity – but still a long way aheadEmission targets are not ambitious
January 30, 2019 — Policy Briefing Stabilizing the support for renewables Ukraine is about to adopt changes to the RE support law and introduce auction-based remuneration scheme. But is it not too late? Will the conservative changes to FIT help to contain the expensive boom?
November 2, 2018 — Policy Briefing Exploiting benefits of small solar and biogas Small renewables projects can have important side benefits. Well targeted feed-in tariffs can support a cost-efficient deployment.
November 1, 2018 — Policy Briefing Location selection and wind solar mix Wind and solar installations should be distributed over the country. Policy should strive for an optimal mix of wind and solar installations in order to reduce system cost.
October 1, 2018 — Policy Briefing Balancing Renewables in Ukraine Based on a LCU’s Optimised Dispatch Model (ODM), we assess that the current Ukrainian power system can balance fluctuations of up to 15 GW of wind and solar (overview of results).
