Seeing that in 1990 a share of "renewables" within the capital investments in Ukraine's fuel and energy sector was equal to zero (see table 4.1), we can assume that the use of renewable energy was equal to zero as well. Therefore, in 1990 the renewable energy fraction was simply 0. (0.95 -0)/0.8636=1,10004 As it follows from table 8.1, in 1999 the situation with renewables was slightly better: 0.08%. Target value is 95% of energy consumed to be renewable. So, we can assume that Ukraine's vector value for 1999 equals (0.95 - 0.0008)/0.8636 = 1.0407 Vector Value: 1990 ~ 1,100 1999 = 1,099 Of the renewable energy sources, only hydro power makes a significant contribution to Ukraine's electricity supply at present. About 8.7% of total installed capacity is accounted for by hydro plants, but this generates 14.3 bln kWh or about 8% of the country' electricity, table 8.1. Part of the reason for this low utilisation factor is the fact that most of the major hydro stations are located on the Dnipro River, on which the flow is highly seasonable. However, some of the hydro plant is used at least partly to provide much-needed peaking capacity, to maintain system stability. In accordance with the National Energy Programme of Ukraine [Ref. 25], in 2000
the share of renewables in Ukraine's net generation of electricity had
to be 0.8% or 2.1 bln kWh. Because of severe budget constrains during the
previous five years, this programme has not been fulfilled. Actually, less
than 10% of needed funds have been assigned for renewable energy in 1996-2000.
Therefore, we can consider that in 1999 the real share of renewables was
around 0.08% [Ref. 26].
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