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Ukraine announces competition for construction of 1.3 GW of new power plants
- 12 hours ago (2026-05-26)
- David Flin
The Ukraine Government has announced that it will hold a competition to award 1322 MW of new generation in the most energy-deficient region. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that these include the Kyiv and Cherkasy regions (250 MW), the Sumy, Kharkiv, and Poltava regions (872 MW), Dnipropetrovsk (100 MW), and Odesa regions (100 MW).
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Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine’s Energy Minister, said that the first stage of the competition has been completed, with the total capacity of projects guaranteed by businesses standing at 78.1 MW. He said: “For the second-stage, we have taken into account business proposals and updated the rules.”
An incentive mechanism will be provided for participants. The maximum term for commissioning new capacities is 20 months.