The European and Ukrainian solar and wind associations have called on the leaders from both Ukraine and the EU to embrace renewables – including solar and onshore and offshore wind – and renewable hydrogen in the country’s post-war reconstruction.
The associations today (4 July) released a joint statement calling on Ukrainian and the EU leaders to set a target of at least 50 per cent renewables in Ukraine’s electricity mix by 2030 and for a dedicated “Renewables for Ukraine” vehicle as part of the joint Strategic Reconstruction Plan and the Ukraine reconstruction platform.
The target is recommended to be achieved through a combination of rooftop and ground-mounted solar, as well as onshore and offshore wind.
Renewables should be at the core of the joint Strategic Reconstruction Plan and the Ukraine, WindEurope said in a press release, adding that renewables are essential to the energy independence, prosperity, employment and peace of post-war Ukraine.
[Adrijana Buljan]
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