Ukraine: Ukraine Seeks Renewable-Energy Boost to Counter Russia

Apr 18, 2014 | Brian Wingfield, Bloomberg
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Ukrainian officials say they’ve found a way to protect the nation from Russia: Go green.

Ukraine is seeking U.S. investment in its biomass, wind and solar power industries. The idea is to use renewable energy to curb its reliance on fuel imports from Russia, which annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region last month and has troops massed on the border.