Ukraine’s Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Svitlana Hrynchuk, Spanish Ambassador to Ukraine Ricardo Lopez-Aranda Hagu and Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Litvinenko took part in the opening of a photovoltaic station in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, the Ministry of Environment’s public communications and public relations department said on Saturday.
“The implementation of the project worth more than 30 million UAH started in 2019 and was stopped with the beginning of the full-scale invasion. But in the autumn of 2024, the process came to the finish line. Today, the solar plant is fully ready for commissioning and is connected to the united energy system of Ukraine. It is-2244 monocrystalline solar modules on the area of 13 thousand square metres”, – noted Hrynchuk.
According to her, the appearance of the station is a success, which is a continuation of the ambitious plan to develop renewable energy in the exclusion zone.
“Special thanks for the support in the implementation of this project to the Government of Spain. Spain has a plan to move to 70 per cent green energy in the economy by 2030 and is supporting us on our journey towards energy efficiency. This country is a key financial partner in the creation of the new solar plant. The construction was funded by the Spanish government for greenhouse gas emission quotas under the Kyoto Protocol. This is a very important and very timely investment in our “green” energy,” the Minister said.
Hrynchuk also familiarised herself with the results of implementation of another area of our cooperation with partners – an automated system of control over non-proliferation of radioactive contamination. It was implemented with the support of the European Union to modernise stationary radiometers for control of road transport and cargoes at the KDP, which were destroyed during the occupation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.