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The Concept of Non-nuclear Development of the Power Industry of Ukraine (2006)
| Author | MAMA-86, Ecoclub, Bakhmat |
| Date | 2006 |
| Classification | 2.41.0.00/16 (UKRAINE - GENERAL) |
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Introduction Ukraine is an independent country that dynamically develops and gradually strengthens its political and economic positions in Europe and the world. Similarly to any other country, the power industry is extremely important for Ukraine, as it directly affects economic development and living standards of the country's population. Now Ukraine is at a very important stage of identification of its energy policy up to 2030. The last version of the draft Energy Strategy of Ukraine up to 2030 (referred hereinafter to as the Energy Strategy or Strategy) was developed by a working group, established by the Ministry of Fuel and Power Industry of Ukraine. The draft substantially differs from the previous version, developed primarily by the Institute of General Power Industry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, however, the draft refers to the Institute's text as a base for the Strategy development. The key novelty of the draft Energy Strategy of Ukraine up to 2030 is associated with its reliance on development of nuclear power: extension of service life of 12 operational reactor units and construction of 22 new reactor units, including 2 additional reactor units at Khmelnitsk NPP, 9 reactor units to replace old ones that near completion of their service life and 11 brand new ones. Authors of the Energy Strategy insist that in the course of the Strategy development they accounted inter alia for results of public discussions. As we know, by "public discussions" they meant the meeting of the public board under the Ministry of Fuel and Power Industry, that unanimously supported the proposed draft. One can definitely state that no broad discussions and consultations with all stakeholders were held, and no alternative scenarios were considered, therefore the official draft Strategy might be considered as one of many potential options, instead of the only existing option for development of the power industry of Ukraine. At the same time, there are numerous objective risks of the "nuclear" scenario of the power industry development that have not been accounted for in the official Strategy draft. This document intends to demonstrate that there is an alternative to the "nuclear" scenario of development of the power industry of Ukraine. First and foremost, the alternative relies on introduction of energy saving and energy efficient technologies and real materialisation of available capacity of alternative and renewable energy sources. However, this alternative stipulates also review of the scenario of radical reduction of consumption of natural gas and stipulates some increase of gas consumption.
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