Business news from Ukraine

CHINESE HUAWEI TO BUILD 4G NETWORK IN KYIV METROPOLITEN

The Big Three mobile operators (Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine and lifecell) have declared the Ukrainian subsidiary of the Chinese company Huawei the winner of the tender to find a contractor for the construction of a 4G network in Kyiv Metropoliten. “The contractor has been defined, it is Huawei. And we are awaiting the start of construction. The works are funded by the three mobile operators,” Kyivstar’s press service told Interfax-Ukraine.
At the same time, the press services of the operators refused to name the cost of work.
In October 2018, the Big Three operators began an independent tender for the supply of equipment and technical work on the transition to the 4G standard in the Kyiv subway.

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WIND SOLAR ENERGY INTENDS TO BUILD 25 MW WIND FARM IN UKRAINE

Wind Solar Energy LLC (Kyiv) intends to build the Ovruch wind power plant (Ovruch district, Zhytomyr region) with a capacity of 25 MW, according to the website of the unified register of environmental impact assessment.
The project includes building seven wind turbines with a capacity of 3.57 MW each. The height of the towers will be 130 meters.
In addition, it is planned to build 35 kV power grids. The operation life of the farm is 20 years.
As reported, Wind Solar Energy intends to build three phases of the Lisova wind farm in the area of the Pokaliv village in Korosten district, Zhytomyr region, with a total capacity of up to 190 MW.
According to data posted on the company’s website, Wind Solar Energy through its subsidiary Solar Kvant has been operating solar plants of 5 MW on 10 hectares in Dnipropetrovsk region since 2013.

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UDP RENEWABLES PLANS TO BUILD THREE WIND FARMS IN UKRAINE (VOLYN REGION)

Volyn West Wind 1, 2, 3 LLC (Volyn region) plans to build two wind farms with a capacity of 63 MW each and a wind farm with a capacity of 72 MW, according to information on the website of the environment assessment register.
Under the project it is planned to install 44 turbines with a capacity of up to 4.5 MW each. The height of the tower will be up to 125 meters. The area required for placing one turbine is 0.35 ha.
In addition, it is planned to build a 110 kV/35 kV substation and a 110 kV/35 kV power line.
The tentative useful life of the wind farms is 20 years.
According to the unified public register of companies, Volyn West Wind 1, 2, 3 LLC belongs to UDP Renewables of Vasyl Khmelnytsky and UDP Renewables Managing Partner Serhiy Yevtushenko.
As reported, UDP Renewables together with Spain’s Acciona Energia Global intends to build two solar power plants in Odesa region with a capacity of almost 44 MW by the end of 2019. Total investment in projects is EUR 30.6 million.

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DTEK RENEWABLES RAISES EUR 90 MLN FROM GERMAN BANKS TO BUILD WIND FARM

DTEK Renewables, an operating company that manages DTEK assets in the field of renewable energy sources, has concluded a deal on foreign investment of EUR 90 million in the construction of the stage 2 of Prymorska wind farm (Zaporizhia region).
The press service said that the loan was issued by a consortium of German banks (Bayerische Landesbank, KfW IPEX-Bank, and Oddo BHF Aktiengesellschaft) with risk coverage provided by German export credit agency (ECA) Euler Hermes and Spanish CESCE. The loan term is 10 years after the technical commissioning of the plant.
This is the third renewable energy project of Euler Hermes and DTEK. Earlier the agency insured financial deals for the construction of the stage 1 of Prymorska wind far and Botiyevska wind farm, the first big wind energy project of DTEK. For CESCE this is the first agreement in Ukraine in recent years.
“DTEK has proven once again its status as a key investor in the renewable energy sector in Ukraine. Last year, the company’s investments accounted for about a half of the total investments in the renewable energy sector. The latest loan-based financing for the construction of the Prymorska wind farm strengthens the company’s role as a long-term partner for leading international financial institutions and industrial equipment supply companies,” CEO of DTEK Renewables Philipp Leckebusch said on the press release.
The construction of the 100 MW phase 2 of the Prymorska wind farm started in 2018. The wind park will consist of 26 wind turbines manufactured by GE, with a capacity of 3.8 MW each. Upon completion of all the works (phase 1 and 2), Prymorska wind farm will be equipped with 52 GE 3.8-130/137-110HH wind turbines, one of the most innovative GE onshore turbines. The total value of the investments will be more than EUR 150 million.
The active phase of construction is currently ongoing: all access roads, pile fields and wind turbine foundations have been already completed, installation of the first wind turbines has begun. Completion of commissioning of the whole facility is planned for September 2019, the company reported.
When both phases are commissioned, the 200 MW Prymorska wind farm will generate between 650-700 million kWh of green energy. The operation of the facility will reduce CO2 emissions by 700,000 tonnes per year, through the reduction of use of conventional generation facilities.

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DTEK RENEWABLES RAISES EUR 90 MLN FROM GERMAN BANKS TO BUILD WIND FARM

DTEK Renewables, an operating company that manages DTEK assets in the field of renewable energy sources, has concluded a deal on foreign investment of EUR 90 million in the construction of the stage 2 of Prymorska wind farm (Zaporizhia region).
The press service said that the loan was issued by a consortium of German banks (Bayerische Landesbank, KfW IPEX-Bank, and Oddo BHF Aktiengesellschaft) with risk coverage provided by German export credit agency (ECA) Euler Hermes and Spanish CESCE. The loan term is 10 years after the technical commissioning of the plant.
This is the third renewable energy project of Euler Hermes and DTEK. Earlier the agency insured financial deals for the construction of the stage 1 of Prymorska wind far and Botiyevska wind farm, the first big wind energy project of DTEK. For CESCE this is the first agreement in Ukraine in recent years.
“DTEK has proven once again its status as a key investor in the renewable energy sector in Ukraine. Last year, the company’s investments accounted for about a half of the total investments in the renewable energy sector. The latest loan-based financing for the construction of the Prymorska wind farm strengthens the company’s role as a long-term partner for leading international financial institutions and industrial equipment supply companies,” CEO of DTEK Renewables Philipp Leckebusch said on the press release.
The construction of the 100 MW phase 2 of the Prymorska wind farm started in 2018. The wind park will consist of 26 wind turbines manufactured by GE, with a capacity of 3.8 MW each. Upon completion of all the works (phase 1 and 2), Prymorska wind farm will be equipped with 52 GE 3.8-130/137-110HH wind turbines, one of the most innovative GE onshore turbines. The total value of the investments will be more than EUR 150 million.
The active phase of construction is currently ongoing: all access roads, pile fields and wind turbine foundations have been already completed, installation of the first wind turbines has begun. Completion of commissioning of the whole facility is planned for September 2019, the company reported.
When both phases are commissioned, the 200 MW Prymorska wind farm will generate between 650-700 million kWh of green energy. The operation of the facility will reduce CO2 emissions by 700,000 tonnes per year, through the reduction of use of conventional generation facilities.

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KYIV PLANS TO BUILD WASTE RECYCLING PLANT

It is planned to build a waste recycling plant with a total annual capacity of 700,000 tonnes of waste in Kyiv, which will also sort waste, the press service of the Kyiv City Administration has reported.
“The city plans to build a waste recycling complex, which will have a total annual processing capacity of 700,000 tonnes and will include a sorting stage,” the administration said.
According to Deputy Chairman of the Kyiv City Administration Petro Panteleyev, Kyiv has clear plans for gradually quitting the technology of waste disposal as obsolete and environmentally dangerous one.
He also recalled that the National Waste Management Strategy was adopted in October 2017, and the National Plan in February 2019.
“The updated legislative base works only a few months. Nevertheless, the Kyiv city is preparing its own regional waste management plan for Kyiv. This is a comprehensive document, being agreed with the Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Ministry and the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry,” the deputy head of the administration said.
In addition, Panteleyev said that Kyiv had refused placing a waste recycling plant near combined heat and power plant 6 (CHPP-6) in Troyeschyna district (Desniansky district of Kyiv).
“I want to immediately say that there was no speculation and gossip. The city refused to build a waste recycling plant near CHPP-6,” the deputy head of the administration said.

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