MINSK, 11 November (BelTA) – The total output capacity of renewable energy sources in Belarus will be virtually doubled by 2023 to get close to 800MW, BelTA learned from Andrei Minenkov, Head of the Scientific and Technical Policy and Foreign Economic Relations Department of the Energy Effectiveness Department of the State Standardization Committee of Belarus.
The official said: “As of today the output capacity of renewable energy sources is close to 408MW. We estimate the figure will be virtually doubled by 2023 and will reach 791MW.”
Andrei Minenkov remarked that rather favorable conditions for the development of renewable energy had been created in Belarus initially. Small steps were taken first, however, major investment contracts were signed soon after that, and the output capacity of individual facilities and arrays of renewable energy sources started growing larger and larger.
According to the source, as of 1 October the total output capacity of renewable energy sources is close to 408MW. These sources include about 55 photovoltaic power plants with the output capacity of 156.6MW, 51 hydropower plants able to generate 95.3MW of electricity, 99 wind-driven generators with the output capacity of nearly 108MW, 25 biogas complexes able to generate 33MW of electricity, and nine compact cogeneration plants that use wooden fuel to generate 15MW of electricity.
BelTA reported earlier that the total output capacity of renewable energy sources in the Republic of Belarus will increase by 50% in 2020 to total 636MW.
