https://padlet.com/Greencoast/brn8n98tsqoe Green Coast is a renewable energy community that solely focuses on helping people better understand renewable energy technologies and the environment. en-us 2019-09-29 22:14:26 UTC 2026-01-05 08:30:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Greencoast https://padlet.com/Greencoast/brn8n98tsqoe/wish/391090115 According to reports, a solar energy plant is due to open at Chernobyl in Ukraine years after a major nuclear disaster

London, UK/ September 22nd, 2019/

According to an article published by the UK newspaper the Independent, plans to regenerate the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine are currently being discussed. According to the article, the Chernobyl site could soon become home to a solar energy facility, capable of powering a small town.

The plant will contain solar devices that will span a space the size of two football fields and are set to be installed just 100 meters away from the epicenter of the nuclear explosion that devastated the town just over 30 years ago.

As a result of the disaster in 1986, the town in which the nuclear plant once stood was abandoned and the whole community was forced to relocate due to unhealthy levels of radioactivity.

Since then, the plant had been secured and left dormant until recently, when the government planned for a new type of energy plant to take its place.

Due to the radioactivity of the soil in the area, the solar plant developers are forbidden from digging into the ground, meaning that all solar panels will have to be mounted on concrete slabs instead of being rooted in the ground.

According to reports, the solar plant is expected to cost almost £1 Million to complete, and many people have expressed concerns about investment in what was once an extremely hazardous area.

However, Ukranian officials are keen to regenerate the area.  Ukranian official Mr. Varyagin told reporters "Bit by bit we want to optimize the Chernobyl zone. It shouldn’t be a black hole in the middle of Ukraine.”

Plans to install renewable energy sources are a growing trend across the globe with many other countries looking for new ways to provide energy to their citizens.

Unlike Ukraine, most countries are encouraging their citizens to invest in personal solar systems that can be installed to provide energy to individual homes.

As a result, websites like Green Coast have emerged to help people to learn more about solar energy and find the best solar panels for their needs.

Despite criticisms, Ukraine look set to go ahead with the regeneration of the Chernobyl site, and it could pave the way for more countries following suit and undertaking major solar projects.

Source: Green Coast

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