CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE — Ukraine has just unveiled a solar power plant just 100 meters from Chernobyl's nuclear site in which a nuclear disaster occurred 30 years ago.<br /><br />The power plant will consist of photovoltaic solar panels to produce energy and will be connected to the power grid, according to a Reuters report.<br /><br />Ukraine plans to diversify its energy sources by using renewable energy such as solar power.<br /><br />About 3,800 panels will be installed and will produce enough energy to power 2,000 apartments.<br /><br />The Chernobyl Solar Power Plant currently has a capacity of one megawatt but there are plans to eventually increase it to 100 megawatts.<br /><br />Chernobyl's nuclear site exploded in 1986 and forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate the contaminated area which resulted in the area being abandoned due to radiation.<br /><br />Humans aren't allowed to live in the area for another 24,000 years, according to AFP.
