Promising areas of
cooperation were touched upon in
the course of the meeting
between Serhii Savchuk, Head of
State Agency for Energy Efficiency
and Energy Saving of Ukraine
(SAEE), Oleksandr Dombrovskyi, the
First Deputy Head of the
Parliamentary Committee on Fuel and
Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety,
Hans-Josef Fell, a former member of the
German Parliament and President of
the Energy Watch Group and
representatives of line associations and companies.
Head of the
SAEE commended the achievements of fruitful cooperation with the German
partners, in particular within the framework of
GIZ projects, and emphasized the importance of deepening
bilateral cooperation in renewable energy.
In 2016 Germany entered
the TOP-5 countries of the world
in terms of investment in
renewable energy. Especially successful is the sphere
of clean electricity production.
President of the Energy Watch Group
expressed his vision of a successful
clean energy policy and talked about the Energy Watch Group's
research on the possibilities for switching to
100% renewable energy.
On the outcomes
of the meeting,
the attendees agreed to consider
the proposal aired by the
President of the Energy Watch
Group relating to the creation of an Ukrainian-German platform on which
government officials, parliamentarians, business and experts from
both countries would be able
to develop effective solutions aimed to stimulate
the development of renewable energy
in Ukraine.