Bioenergy Association of Ukraine

Congratulations to PJSC "MHP Eko Energy" on joining the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine!

MHP Eko Energy Company started its activity in 2012. The main activity is implementation and management of energy projects.

Implemented projects:

• Biogas complex of 5,5 MW capacity of PJSC "Oril-Leader" - 10 anaerobic digesters for biogas production and 5 cogeneration units for electricity production.
• Biogas complex of capacity 12 MW, ME Biogas Ladyzhyn «Vinnytska poultry farm» - 12 anaerobic digesters for biogas production, gas transport system, 6 cogeneration units (stage of commissioning).
• Roof solar power plant of 4.5 MW capacity (at the implementation stage).

Since 2018, the company is an operator for the sale of electricity, has received a license to sell electricity and is a member of the Ukrainian electricity market.

Results of 2018:

• more than 100 thousand tons of organic waste (chicken mannure, sludge, etc.) utilized;
• 45 million kWh of ''green" electricity generated;
• 1,12 milliom cub. m of natural gas substituted due to use of ecological energy;
• 30 thousand tons of organic fertilizer produced.

Director of the Company - Ivan Traksler

The team of CU "Bioenergy Association of Ukraine" is grateful for the support! We continue to create a common platform for cooperation on bioenergy market of Ukraine, ensuring the most favorable business conditions for accelerated and sustainable bioenergy development. We invite you to join UABio!

We are pleased to announce that a new member of UABio has joined us - Eduard Kharchyna!

Eduard Kharchyna - lawyer, tax consultant. He has more than 15 years of experience in corporate and tax law. Eduard specializes in supporting M&A, analyzing and managing risks in projects, protecting assets and business, managing corporate conflicts, tax structuring and optimization, implementing reorganizations, and representing shareholders in Supervisory boards.

Eduard is one of the co-founders of the Professional Association of Corporate Governance, which has been operating since 2009 and is the leading expert community in the field of corporate governance in Ukraine.

Today, Eduard accompanies a number of projects in the field of renewable energy, in particular the construction of a photovoltaic power plant.

The team of CU "Bioenergy Association of Ukraine" is grateful for the support! We continue to create a common platform for cooperation on bioenergy market of Ukraine, ensuring the most favorable business conditions for accelerated and sustainable bioenergy development. We invite you to join UABio!

ІBioenergy Association of Ukraine joined European Biogas Association.

Founded in February 2009, EBA is the leading European association in the field of biogas and biomethane production covering the anaerobic digestion and gasification industries. Committed to the active promotion of the deployment of sustainable biogas and biomethane production and use throughout Europe, EBA has created a wide network of established national organizations, scientific institutes, and companies. In 2018, the association counted more than 90 members from all over Europe and has established co-operation with biogas associations from outside Europe.

EBA’s strategy is based on reaching the full potential of biogas and biomethane production, that equals roughly 10% of EU’s current natural gas consumption. Furthermore, EBA’s work evolves around the major contributions of biogas and biomethane to the key EU policies such as climate targets, energy security, resource efficiency and circular economy ,and various environmental legislation including air quality, prevention of contamination, bioeconomy and waste management. Read more about our mission and vision.

EBA is member of the European Renewable Energy Federation (EREF), the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources (EUFORES).

Also, in 2018, UABio member, "Aссord Ltd" joined the European Biogas Association. Details here.

European Biogas Association (EBA) Website 

As a Bioenergy Association, we are pleased to see the emergence of new relationships between bioenergy companies, associations and other sector players, and we believe that each new interaction brings us closer to the sustainable green future in Ukraine and in the world.

We are pleased to announce the return to the UABio community – physical person: Maksym Sysoiev.

Maksym Sysoiev is a counsel at Dentons’ Kyiv office. He is a member of Dentons’ Global Energy Group. Maksym regularly advises foreign and local companies with respect to various legal issues and advises clients on their local and cross-border transactions and represents their interests before Ukrainian State authorities.

He is a recognized legal expect in the sphere of energy and possess a considerable experience in advising regarding conventional and renewable energy sources.

Maksym is a legal expert of Bioenergy Association of Ukraine, Ukrainian Wind Energy Association. He actively participates on behalf of the Firm in many public organizations, including the European Business Association and American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine.

The team of CU "Bioenergy Association of Ukraine" is grateful for the support! We continue to create a common platform for cooperation on bioenergy market of Ukraine, ensuring the most favorable business conditions for accelerated and sustainable bioenergy development. We invite you to join UABio!

Today, in April 12, the UABio Facebook page has received 5000 likes.

We are grateful to everyone who follows our page and distributes information about bioenergy in Ukraine! Thank you, you are incredible! To be continued :)

Full Report on results of UABio activities in 2018 You can view here.
Video about Bioenergy association of Ukraine (UABio) activity You can view here (in English) or here (in Ukrainian).

The team of CU "Bioenergy Association of Ukraine" is grateful for the support! We are continuing to create a common platform for cooperation on bioenergy market of Ukraine, ensuring the most favorable business conditions for accelerated and sustainable bioenergy development.
We invite you to join UABio!

On April 11, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) held the 4th Seminar of Sustainable Agribusiness Forum (SAF Ukraine) for business leaders in the agricultural sector devoted to biogas technologies.

The main idea of the workshop was to identify the factors that contribute to obtaining the most effective performance indicators for biogas plants.

The 4th Seminar of SAF Ukraine has been opened by Gianpiero Nacci, Associate Director of the EBRD’s Department for Energy Efficiency and Climate Change and Sergiy Maslichenko, Associate Director, Coordinator of the EBRD’s Department for Energy Efficiency and Climate Change.

Sergiy Maslichenko noted in his speech that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in 2018 launched the Partnership for Sustainable Agribusiness (SAF Ukraine). The idea of creating such a partnership was to systematically approach and work in the field of agricultural waste utilization in the agroindustrial complex.

The Bank actively sponsors biomass and biogas projects in the agroindustrial complex and has already supported 12 projects in this sector. As a next step, the EBRD considers it necessary to unite all players on the supply and demand side, that is raw materials (agricultural wastes) suppliers and consumers, to facilitate the creation of a market for agricultural wastes and to establish a system of logistic chains supplying raw materials from the field to the station, which should begin to work and develop on market principles.

Head of the Board of Bioenergy Association of Ukraine Georgiy Geletukha presented the results of a study of biomass potential in Vinnitsa oblast at the Workshop on formulating bankable bioenergy projects, April 8, 2019 in Vinnytsia.

According to the study, the full use of technically achievable biomass potential of the Vinnitsa region (more than 1 million tons of coal equivalent per year, 2017) can substitute about 37% of the annual consumption of fossil fuels or the entire volume of annual consumption of natural gas.

The results of the feasibility study of options for the use of biomass / biofuels (boiler house, baling, chips, firewood, pellets, briquettes, straw, wood, energy crops) in most cases demonstrate the economic viability of projects.

The development of energy production from biomass will have a positive impact on the environmental situation of Vinnitsa oblast by reducing the consumption of such fossil fuels as coal and natural gas, whose share in the structure of fuel consumption is now 56% and 35%, respectively.

As part of the study, an online map was developed using GIS technologies as a tool for detailed analysis of local conditions, when planning bioenergy projects. The map contains generalized information about the region and can be further elaborated and detailed by the OTG or by interested private enterprises for their own needs, since it is open and publicly available.

On the initiative and support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in the framework of the EBRD's FINTECC (Finance and Technology Transfer Centre for Climate Change) programme, a platform for sustainable agribusiness SAF Ukraine (Sustainable Agribusiness Forum) was created.

The mission of SAF Ukraine is to develop sustainable agribusiness models for efficient production of safe, high quality agri&food products in Ukraine, by means of implementing measures aimed on energy and resource efficiency, productivity improvements and technology upgrades.

During SAF Ukraine it is planning to:

• implement market studies to analyze technology, regulatory, and knowledge barriers and gaps in climate technologies in Ukraine;
• support development of a partnership, knowledge sharing and marketing activities for the agriwastes-to-energy supply chain. This activity will be conducted through delivering capacity building seminars/trainings for the agricultural sector, developing the collaborative network of market players and equip them with necessary information and communication tools, conducting study tour and disseminating success stories and case studies through website www.saf.org.ua.

SAF Ukraine business principles of sustainable entrepreneurship:

• Focus on long-term value creation over short-term profit maximization;
• Contribute to the transition to a green economy.

Follow SAF Ukraine (Sustainable Agribusiness Forum) on the website www.saf.org.ua

The Bioenergy Association of Ukraine is a partner of SAF Ukraine platform.

We are pleased to announce the accession to us of a new member of the UABio – physical person: Maryna Hritsyshyna.

Maryna Hritsyshyna is a Counsel at law firm "Sayenko Kharenko" for energy sector, specialized in renewable energy projects, energy market, and dispute resolutions in the energy sector. 

Responsible for providing legal support to complex projects in the renewable energy sector, I have extensive experience of drafting and negotiating a wide range of agreements, including wind turbine supply and installation agreements, turnkey agreements (including, EPC under FIDIC forms), service agreements, and re-negotiations of existing contracts. I have experience of supporting all legal issues connected to the construction of renewable energy projects.

Maryna Hritsyshyna had extensive experience in litigation defence of renewable projects in Ukraine and the interests of investors. I represented the interests of the country’s largest RES producer in disputes with the energy market regulator regarding the non-adjustment and decrease of the feed-in tariff. I also participated in the resolution of disputes connected with the grid connection of RES projects.

Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gritsyshina/

The team of CU "Bioenergy Association of Ukraine" is grateful for the support! We are continuing to create a common platform for cooperation on bioenergy market of Ukraine, ensuring the most favorable business conditions for accelerated and sustainable bioenergy development.
We invite you to join UABio!

Bioenergy Association of Ukraine became a Network Partner of the Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN), hosted by United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). UABio principal role in the Network will be sourcing projects in the Ukraine.

The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) is a global network of climate and clean energy fiancing experts that aims to bridge the gap between entrepreneurs developing climate and clean energy projects and private sector investors.