Ukraine triples its renewable energy production

Ukraine has tripled its renewable energy production over the last year. Many of its new power plants run on bio-fuels. One of these plants is Koriukivka in Chernihiv region.

Build in 2016, this power plant use wood chips as bio-fuel, approximately 140 tons of this fuel is used each day. The wood chips are produced from logs and waste from local woodworking industry.

All of it is then accumulated crushed by a machine to get chips that suitable for burning and generating electricity.

This power plant generates around 20 million kilowatt-hours of energy per year, allowing it to supply electricity to 3.5 thousand apartments. The share of “green” power plants is continuing to grow in Ukraine’s energy output.