PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOENERGY AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR NATURAL GAS REPLACEMENT IN UKRAINE
UABIO Position Paper № 12
Georgii Geletukha, Tetiana Zheliezna, Volodymyr Kramar, Petro Kucheruk
June 30, 2015
UABIO’s Position Paper № 12 covers issues related to the state of the art, support mechanisms, and prospects for bioenergy development in Ukraine. The document reflects the potentialities of bioenergy as an effective instrument for the replacement of natural gas for heat production in Ukraine. Especial attention is paid to the relevant legislative issues. The Paper includes a forecast for an increase in the installed capacity of bioenergy equipment in different sectors (population, industry, housing-communal, and budget-financed sectors) by 2020 and also an assessment of the respective demand of biofuels by type.