Ukraine calls for Russia's exclusion from International Renewable Energy Agency

Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko has discussed Ukraine's initiative to exclude the Russian Federation from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) with government officials from the UK, France, Sweden and Slovakia.

Source: Ministry of Energy of Ukraine 

The minister held a number of meetings with government officials of various countries within the framework of a meeting of the Council of Ministers of member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Ukraine's initiative to exclude Russia from IRENA, an organisation authorised to promote the sustainable use of renewable energy, was also discussed.

Halushchenko noted that since the beginning of the full-scale war, the Ukrainian energy system has lost 75% of wind generation and more than 20% of solar generation due to destruction and occupation.

"With all its actions in Ukraine, the terrorist country not only poses a threat to the nuclear and radiation safety of the world, but is also creating obstacles to the energy transition by all possible means, in particular, by destroying ‘green’ energy generation facilities, one of which was the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant," the minister added.

Therefore, after the commission of such crimes, the Russian Federation’s current membership of such an organisation should be terminated.

The UK supported the initiative to exclude Russia. This position was also met with understanding by representatives of the other states.

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