Bioenergy Ukraine keeps steady growing by 33% per year
On 20 December 2018, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine issued the Energy Balance of Ukraine for 2017.
According to the Balance, the share of renewable energy sources (RES) in the total primary energy supply in 2017 was 4.4% (3.8% in 2016). This growth rate is in line with the annual pace of RES development in Europe.
Like the previous year, biofuels and waste accounted for the biggest share in the structure of renewable energy production in 2017 – 80%.
The given data show another significant step in the development of the bioenergy sector in Ukraine. For example, the volume of the "production of biofuels and waste" amounted to 3618 ktoe in 2017 (against 3348 ktoe in 2016), and the volume of the "total supply of primary energy from biofuels and waste" was 3046 ktoe in 2017 (against 2832 ktoe in 2016) (Fig. 1). The difference between the indicators corresponds to exports of biofuels, which came to 542 ktoe in 2017 (554 ktoe in 2016).
Supply of primary energy from biofuels and waste in the amount of 3046 ktoe is equivalent to replacing about 3.8 billion m3 of natural gas in 2017.
Analysis of similar data for the period of 2010-2017 shows that the average growth rate of the bioenergy sector in Ukraine is 43% per year by the indicator of the "production of biofuels and waste" and 33% per year by the indicator of the "total supply of primary energy from biofuels and waste"(Fig. 2). Such growth rates indicate a high probability of fulfilling the targets for the production of heat from biomass stated in the National Renewable Energy Action Plan until 2020 (NREAP).
About the growth of the bioenergy sector in 2016 (according to the energy balance of Ukraine of 2016) you can read here.
Sourse: http://uabio.org/en/uabio-news/3791-bioenergy-continues-to-grow-2018