Ukraine’s Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Svitlana Hrynchuk, Spanish Ambassador to Ukraine Ricardo Lopez-Aranda Jagu and Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Lytvynenko took part in the opening of a photovoltaic power plant in the Chornobyl exclusion zone, the Public Communications and Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Environment reported on Saturday.
“The implementation of the project worth more than UAH 30 million started in 2019 and was stopped with the beginning of the full-scale invasion. But in the fall of 2024, this process reached the finish line. Today, the solar plant is fully ready for commissioning and is connected to the integrated power system of Ukraine. It consists of 2244 monocrystalline solar modules on an area of 13 thousand square meters,” said Hrynchuk.
According to her, the plant is a success that continues the ambitious plan to develop renewable energy in the exclusion zone.
“Special thanks to the Government of Spain for its support in the implementation of this project. Spain has a plan to switch to 70% green energy in the economy by 2030 and supports us on the path to energy efficiency. This country is a key financial partner in the creation of a new solar station. The construction was funded by the Government of Spain for greenhouse gas emission quotas under the Kyoto Protocol. This is an extremely important and very timely investment in our green energy sector,” the Minister said.
Hrynchuk also got acquainted with the results of the implementation of another area of our cooperation with partners – an automated system for monitoring the non-proliferation of radioactive contamination. It was implemented with the support of the European Union to modernize stationary radiometers for monitoring road transport and cargo at the control points that were destroyed during the occupation of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.
The Minister inspected the consequences of the Russian attack on the NSC Arch, where work is underway to assess damage, find effective solutions and plan to restore the functionality of the confidentiality.
