Wind power in Ukraine

Wind power in Ukraine is gradually expanding in capacity.

The coasts of the Black and Azov Seas, the mountainous regions of the Crimean peninsula (especially the north-eastern coast) and the Carpathians, Odessa, Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Luhansk and Mykolaiv regions are the most suitable for the construction of wind power plants. The potential of Crimea alone is sufficient to produce more than 40 billion kWh electricity every year.

Ukraine has a rather high climatic potential of wind power, which provides productive work not only of autonomous power units, but also of powerful wind power plants. The interest in exploring the most promising places for using wind energy is growing, based on its climatic potential and indicators of its possible utilization. According to the Global wind energy council, about 40% of the areas are suitable for wind power generation.[1] In the medium term, it is possible to develop about 5,000 MW of wind energy, that is, 20-30% of total electricity consumption in the country. In 1996, the government announced a strategy for the construction of 200 MW of wind power by 2010, but by the end of 2011, only 151 MW were put into operation.

By the end of 2017, 505 MW of wind power plants had been launched in Ukraine, with 138 MW remaining in the occupied territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and another 87.8 MW left in occupied Crimea.[2]

As of March 2019, 8 powerful wind farms were being built in Ukraine with a total capacity of almost 1 GW. This is Ovid Wind (Odesa Oblast) - 87 MW; Black Sea WPP (Mykolaiv Oblast) - 70 MW; Prymorska WPP (Zaporizhia Oblast) - 200 MW; Overyanivska (Kherson Oblast) - 70 MW; Kramatorska WPP (Donetsk Oblast) - 70 MW; Orlivska WPP (Zaporizhia Oblast) - 100 MW; WES Sivash (Kherson Oblast) - 250 MW; Dnipro-Bug WPP (Kherson Oblast) - 110 MW.[3]

Potential

  • Wind power potential of Ukraine

Capacity

  • 225.8 MW of WPP in the occupied by Russia territory of the Crimea and Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Wind power capacities (MWp)[4][5][6]
20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
87151194334426/651.84264384655331,170

List of stations

  • Botievska wind power plant - 200 MWp
  • Zaporizhia wind power plant - 500 MWp
  • Kramatorsk wind farm - 67,5 MWp
  • Prymorska wind farm - 200 MWp
  • Tiligul Wind Power Plant - 565 MWp
  • Novoazovska wind farm - 107,5 MWp
  • Krasnodon Wind Farm - 25 MWp
  • Syvash wind farm - 246 MWp
  • Orlivska Wind Power Plant - 100 MWp

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