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Wind Power News: Ukraine
These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch in its noncommercial educational effort to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Wind Watch. They are the products of and owned by the organizations or individuals noted and are shared here according to “fair use” and “fair dealing” provisions of copyright law.
Extreme winter wind topples wind turbine in snowy Odesa Oblast
A nasty weather storm slammed much of Ukraine, with strong winds playing havoc in several oblasts. Odesa Oblast faced some of the most extreme conditions, with a strong gust of wind toppling a wind turbine in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky district, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry reported. Due to gusts of wind, frost, and freezing rain, energy networks in several oblasts have seen significant icing. The temperature in the country ranges from −5 to −20 °C (−4 – 23 °F). Southern Ukraine has seen slightly warmer . . . Complete story »
Wind turbines destroyed in Ukraine by drone and gusting wind
Elementum Energy, a UK-based international investor in Ukraine’s renewable energy sector, reported damage to a wind turbine located at its wind farm in the south in a recent drone attack. “Fortunately, there were no injuries among the personnel. The National Police opened a criminal investigation into this fact. After the attack, a partial shutdown of the wind farm was initiated,” says the company’s press release provided to Energoreform by the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA), of which the company is . . . Complete story »
Gone with the wind: Why wind farms in Polonyna Borzhava threaten to harm both nature and humans
A polonyna is an alpine meadow unique to the high slopes and rolling ridge tops typical of the Carpathian mountains. From a bird’s-eye view, Polonyna Borzhava in Transcarpathia is shaped like a bird. One wing points northwest towards Volovets, the other southeast towards Mizhhiria, and it has a head and a tail. Borzhava has an abundance of air. Mountaineers and lovers of the great outdoors from across Ukraine come here all year round to breathe it in. Borzhava is perfect . . . Complete story »
