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Home > Publications > EBRD financing new small hydro power projects in Ukraine: off on the wrong foot

EBRD financing new small hydro power projects in Ukraine: off on the wrong foot

EBRD financing new small hydro power projects in Ukraine: off on the wrong foot

Briefing    |    10 May 2013

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In 2009 the EBRD established the EUR 50 million facility to support the development of small-scale projects in all renewable energy generation sectors, including hydro, wind, biomass and solar power. While the initiative is welcomed and timely, the first projects to be developed were not transparent practices in the project development, jeopardising the whole notion of renewable energy as sustainable and socially-acceptable.

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Institution: EBRD

Theme: Social & economic impacts | Other harmful projects

Location: Ukraine

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