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Russia’s Invasion Knocked Out Almost All of Ukraine’s Wind Power

Among Eastern European countries, Ukraine had added the most solar and wind power capacity between 2017 and 2021, according to a UN report. 

Wind turbines behind a sunflower field near Melitopol, Ukraine on August 2. 

Wind turbines behind a sunflower field near Melitopol, Ukraine on August 2. 

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Russia’s invasion took out around almost all wind power capacity in Ukraine, according to a new report from the United Nations that also highlights the potential for renewable energy to foster economic growth in the region. 

The conflict in Ukraine began in February of this year. As of June, 90% of wind power capacity and 30% of solar power capacity in the country was out of operation, the study from REN21, a renewable energy think tank, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) found. The report looks at the state of renewable energy in Central Asia, the Caucus and Southeast and Eastern Europe, including Russia, Ukraine, Albania and Kazakhstan.