Atlas Global Energy, a company with Turkish investments, plans to build new wind energy facilities in Zhytomyr region, Vitaliy Bunechko, head of the Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration, said following a meeting on Monday with Onur Kopcuoglu, the company’s technical director in Ukraine.
“We discussed the prospects for cooperation and project implementation in the region. We are confident that the new wind farm project will be another example of our fruitful cooperation and will open up new prospects for Ukraine’s energy independence,” he wrote on Facebook.
Bunechko noted that Zhytomyr region already has alternative energy projects (SPPs, hydroelectric power plants, and biogas plants) with a total installed capacity of more than 240 MW, and about 60% of boiler houses in the region run on alternative fuels.
He called the construction of wind power plants “a logical development of this track.”
Bunechko also noted that even before the full-scale invasion, the region was recognized by the international Doing Business rating as the best region in Ukraine for doing business, and none of the major investors left during the war.
“On the contrary, international companies are investing additional funds in the development of their own production in our region. We are now paying special attention to the development of alternative and distributed energy. For us, this is not only an environmental agenda, but also a wartime challenge. After all, this configuration of the power system is more resistant to enemy attacks,” explained the head of the UGA.
Atlas Global Energy’s website states that it is a renewable energy development company that has been operating in Ukraine since 2016 with a portfolio of more than 300 MW of wind and photovoltaic projects. In particular, it is reported about a 60 MW wind farm in Lviv region and a 50 MW solar power plant in Kherson region.
