Law on simplification of procedures for land acquisition for the construction of the production of heat, electricity from renewable energy and biofuels

The Law was approved on 2nd of February 2016 by the Committee of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Agricultural Policy and Land Relations. The second step for the Law is to be voted in the Ukraine’s Parliament. If the Law will come into force the key provisions will be:
Mandatory zoning plan requirement for leasing municipal and state land for RES and heat plant construction will be postponed until 2018 and
RES heat and power producers will be able to build power plants without changing land’s designated purpose.