With the start of the full-scale invasion and massive attacks by the aggressor country on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, most of the country’s large thermal and hydroelectric power plants were damaged, leading to emergency or planned power outages. As a result, Ukrainians have begun to actively use generators both at home and in business.
However, the disadvantage of generators is that they produce a significant level of noise during operation, and any emissions from pollution sources have an impact on the environment. About this on request Komersant ukrainskyi
was reported in the Department of Industrial Pollution Prevention and Climate Policy of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine.
Nevertheless, during martial law and for 6 months after its cancellation, Ukrainians were allowed to use generators without obtaining an emission permit (an official document that allows emissions of a certain amount of pollutants into the air within a certain period of time). Immediately afterwards, such a permit will be required.
“During martial law (…) and six months after the month in which martial law is terminated or cancelled, it is allowed to operate generators, uninterruptible power supply systems, electric generator sets without obtaining a permit for emissions of pollutants into the air, unless they are an integral part of the real estate object put into operation before 24 February 2022,” the Ministry of Environment said.
In addition, according to the Ministry, they also plan to appeal to the European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Environment regarding noise emissions from generators.
“The Ministry of the Environment, taking into account Directive 2000/14/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning noise emissions into the environment from equipment used outside the premises, will apply to the Directorate-General of the European Commission for the Environment (DG ENV) for clarification on the coverage of Directive 2002/49/EC of noise from installations that generate electricity to supply it to consumers (individuals, including individual entrepreneurs, or legal entities),” the ministry said.
Author – Alyona Kaplina