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.
In February 2025, Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) reduced the volume of grain cargo transportation to export destinations to 2,363.1 thousand tons, which is 496.3 thousand tons, or 17.4% less compared to January 2025, said Valery Tkachev, Deputy Director of the
Commercial Department, at a meeting of the UZ Exporters Office on Wednesday.
According to him, in February 2025, 2,171.0 thousand tons were transported to ports, which is 455.7 thousand tons, or 17.3%, less than in January this year, and 192.1 thousand tons were transported through land border crossings (40.6 thousand tons, or 17.5% less).
“Compared to February 2025/2024, the volume of grain cargo transportation in export traffic decreased by 28.5% (by 941.1 thsd tonnes),” emphasized the representative of UZ.
Mr. Tkachev noted that in January-February 2025, UZ transported 5,222.5 thousand tons of grain cargo for export, which is 1,448.2 thousand tons, or 21.7%, less than in the same period of 2024.
At the same time, 4 797.6 thsd tonnes were transported to ports in two months of 2025, and 424.9 thsd tonnes were transported through land crossings.
Therefore, the share of transportation volumes in the export traffic of grain cargoes in the direction of ports is currently 92%, and 8% by land.
Armenia has accepted Azerbaijan’s proposals on two unresolved articles of the draft peace agreement, which means the end of the negotiation process.
“Thus, the peace agreement is ready for signing. The Republic of Armenia is ready to begin consultations with the Republic of Azerbaijan on the time and place of signing the Agreement,” reads the statement published on the official website of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.
Yerevan also noted that it had offered to make a joint statement on the agreement, but Baku “preferred a unilateral statement.”
Earlier, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said that Armenia had agreed to the latest amendments. According to him, the next step should be the removal of clauses from the Constitution of Armenia that Azerbaijan regards as territorial claims, as well as the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group.
In February of this year, Naftogaz Group paid UAH 5.8 billion in taxes, which is 9.4% more than in the same period in 2024, the company said on Thursday.
In particular, the state budget received UAH 5.2 billion, while in February 2024 this amount was UAH 4.8 billion. At the same time, UAH 530 million was paid to local budgets (UAH 506 million, respectively).
“Despite all the challenges of the war and constant attacks on the energy infrastructure, Naftogaz ensures the country’s energy stability and support for the national economy,” said Roman Chumak, the head of the group, as quoted in the report.
As reported, in the first month of 2025, Naftogaz Group companies paid UAH 5.2 billion in taxes to the state budget, which is 7.1% less than in January 2024 (UAH 5.6 billion). At the same time, tax payments to local budgets increased by 14.5% to UAH 591 million in January compared to the same period last year.
According to the results of 2024, Naftogaz Group companies paid UAH 88.6 billion in taxes to the general budget, including UAH 81.8 billion to the state budget and UAH 6.8 billion to local budgets.
In addition, in 2024, NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine paid UAH 15.7 billion in dividends to the state.
In the first 2 months of 2025, Ukraine imported nearly $345 million worth of power generating sets, according to the State Customs Service of Ukraine.
This is 706% more than in the same period in 2024. In monetary terms, the difference is $302 million.
At the same time, 93% of all imported units were eligible for customs duty exemptions.
The average salary in Ukraine increased to UAH 23,500 in February 2025, which is UAH 500 or 2.2% more than in January, according to a study of the labor market in Ukraine on the job portal Work.ua.
Work.ua emphasizes that among the regions with the largest number of vacancies, average salaries increased in Kyiv region – up to UAH 26.5 thousand (+ UAH 500 compared to January), Lviv region – UAH 24.9 thousand (+ UAH 900), Odesa region – UAH 22.5 thousand (+ UAH 500), Kharkiv region – up to UAH 21.5 thousand (+ UAH 500).
Salaries for vacancies in the category of “telecommunications and communications” increased the most noticeably – up to UAH 30 thousand (+9% compared to January), “insurance” – UAH 27.75 thousand (+7%), “media, publishing, printing” – UAH 24 thousand (+7%). UAH (+7%), “IT, computers, Internet” – 29.25 thousand UAH (+6%), “construction, architecture” – 30 thousand UAH, “real estate” – 50 thousand UAH, “top management, senior management” – 50 thousand UAH (all three +5%).
It is emphasized that three years after the full-scale invasion, the labor market has recovered by more than 90%. In February 2025, employers posted 98,736 vacancies, which is 4% more than in January.
The most significant increase was in Zhytomyr (+7%), Kirovohrad, Rivne, Chernivtsi, and Mykolaiv (+6%) regions.
However, the list of regions with the most work remained the same. A third (34%) of all vacancies are in Kyiv and the region. Lviv and Dnipropetrovs’k regions account for 9% each, another 6% in Odesa, and 3% in Kharkiv. The number of vacancies increased in all leading regions in February.
In February, almost half (44%) of all vacancies were in five categories out of 28: working specialties (16.7 thousand), service sector (14.5 thousand), sales/purchase (12.45 thousand), retail (11.4 thousand), logistics/warehouse/foreign trade (10.3 thousand).
Work.ua reports that the labor market in February was significantly replenished with vacancies for the positions of veterinarian (+36% compared to January), drone engineer (+30%), dental assistant (+20%), scout (+19%), content specialist (+17%), repairman, restaurant administrator, and medical clinic administrator (+16%).
“Another positive trend is that employers continue to actively mark vacancies with the “Veterans Preference” marking – 4,413 job offers, +18% compared to January,” Work.ua notes.
As for military recruitment, the number of vacancies in the army is growing. In February, the Defense Forces posted 8,652 vacancies (+6%) compared to January. However, the number of units slightly decreased to 755. The most frequently offered vacancies include security/safety, telecommunications and communications, transportation/automotive, medicine/pharmaceuticals, labor specialties, and production.
In February, the number of responses to vacancies in the Defense Forces decreased, as did the competition index. Women sent 43% of responses to vacancies to the army, while men sent 57%.
