The State Enterprise Guaranteed Buyer has announced an auction for the distribution of a quota to support the capacity of “other types” of renewable energy sources, which means bio- and small hydro generation.
According to the auction terms posted on the Guaranteed Buyer’s website, applications for participation are accepted until 20.00 on May 11, and the auction will be held in the Prozorro Sale system at 12.55 on May 12.
The term of the support is 12 years after confirmation of the commissioning of the facility for which the winner of the auction has acquired the right to support.
The maximum price offer of the participant is 12 euro cents/1 kWh.
As reported, investors ignored the first auction in 2025 to allocate a quota for the support of new capacity for 33 MW of solar power plants, which was to be held on March 13.
The maximum price offer of a participant is 8 euro cents/1 kWh. The support period is 12 years.
In an interview with Energoreforma at the end of January, Vladyslav Sokolovskyi, Chairman of the Board of the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine, noted that it is not possible to count on a successful “green” auction in March 2025, where the quota for the construction of 33 MW of SPPs will be distributed, since the quota for SPPs is very small, according to him.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has set a total quota of 330 MW for green energy support for 2025: 250 MW for wind power plants, 33 MW for solar power plants, and 47 MW for plants using other types of alternative energy sources (except for wind, solar, blast furnace and coke oven gas, and only for micro, mini, and small hydropower plants).
In April 2025, auctions for 100 MW of wind power are to be held, and in July – for another 150 MW of wind power.
“Green” auctions were first introduced in 2024, but they ended in failure. There were no bids for the October 31 solar auction, and only one bid for the November 29 wind auction (according to the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association, from Atlas Global Energy LLC, a company with Turkish investments). Thus, both auctions were recognized as failed. In October-November, only about 0.9 MW of small hydropower was identified for support, while another 0.6 MW remained in question.
