Stabilizing the support for renewables

Key messages:

  • Since 2017 RES capacities are dynamically growing and are likely to cover around 7% of Ukraine`s electricity generation in 2021
  • This positive development towards the targets of the Energy Strategy 2035 comes at excessive costs as the Green Tariff is clearly above the generation cost of RES
  • Significantly cutting the FITs already in 2019 would lead to relevant cost reductions for the period 2019 2030 . However, cost of electricity will rise if Ukraine wants to reach its RES targets
  • In order to keep costs low and to stabilize the RES development a sound and future oriented support scheme is required that balances development and costs and takes into account geographical and grid aspects
Author(s):
Oleksii Mykhailenko, Elias Spiekermann

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