UDP Renewables launches 33 MW solar plant in Ukraine

UDP Renewables has officially powered up its new Scythia-Solar-2 power park in Melitopol, in the Zaporizhia region of southeastern Ukraine. The project is the second phase of a 46 MW solar project in the region.

The €31.68-million solar plant consists of over 91,000 solar modules and is set to generate almost 42,000 MWh of electricity annually, enough to power 13,300 homes.

Developers at UDP Renewables, which is part of UFuture Investment Group, have calculated that the facility will prevent 51,000 tonnes of CO² emissions being released into the atmosphere every year, as renewables are slowly replacing coal-fired power plants.

“Scythia-Solar-2 is a high-tech facility. It is the second phase of our largest project, Scythia-Scolar, which we started implementing in 2018,” said UDP Renewables managing partner Sergiy Yevtushenko. He added that 315 jobs had been created by the investment so far.

“UFuture and UDP Renewables continue to consistently realise the economic potential of Ukraine’s southern region following our long-term energy strategy. Now, the share of renewable energy sources in our country’s energy mix is only about three per cent, but together we work towards changing this ratio,” said UFuture founder Vasyl Khelmnystky. He added that the group’s target is to achieve a total production capacity of 160 MW by the end of 2019.

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