KYIV, Dec 12 - Elementum Energy, a subsidiary of VR Capital Group operating in the wind energy sector, acquired a 200 MW wind power project in western Ukraine and plans to prepare it for construction at the end of next year, said its managing director, member of the board of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA) Olha Rybachuk.

"Elementum Energy has acquired a project for an additional 200 MW of wind in western Ukraine, at the intersection of Ternopil, Rivne and Lviv regions. And we are very happy about this, because this is a project that is at a fairly advanced stage of development, and it should be ready for construction at the end of next year," Rybachuk said at a UWEA press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine agency on Thursday.