Gerd Ludwigのインスタグラム(gerdludwig) - 12月6日 04時06分

Lenin’s statue sits crumbling in front of the abandoned and deteriorating house of culture in the former village of Nova Krasnitsya inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

Since the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded on April 26, 1986, the area has been defined by desolation and abandonment. However, in recent months there has been talk of making use of the fallowed lands surrounding the ill-fated nuclear power plant as grounds for a renewable energy site, specifically utilizing solar energy.

Recently, plans for Chernobyl’s new start as a solar farm have become more concrete. According to Bloomberg, the joint project will be lead by a Ukrainian engineering firm and a German clean energy company. Construction of the initial 1-megawatt farm is expected to begin soon and is estimated to cost around $1.2 million, a cost that pails in comparison to the recently completed $2 billion New Safe Confinement.

The solar farm project is a big step for both the companies involved as well as the Ukrainian government, and denotes a strong effort to move closer to the overall goal of making the shift over to clean energy.

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