Galyna Trypolska holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics (Economics and Management of Economy) obtained from the Institute for Economics and Forecasting, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences. She has extensive experience in shaping government policies aimed at the increased share of renewables in the energy balance of Ukraine. She developed a tool to calculate the LCOE of both renewable fossil and nuclear fuels with variable exchange rates, the cost of capital, technologies efficiency, the cost of CO2 emissions; introduced a methodology and estimated subsidy levels for biofuels in Ukraine; assessed the effectiveness of the regulatory policy to promote electricity output from RES; analyzed the existing state policy to enhance the widespread use of e-vehicles in Ukraine; and assessed the employment opportunities that renewables already provide in Ukraine and will provide in future, phasing out jobs in conventional energy. She also possesses extensive knowledge on the peculiarities of the implementation of biomass projects in Ukraine – should it be biogas or liquid biofuels. Galyna was a regional contributor from Ukraine to the REN21 annual Renewable Status Reports from 2017 to 2022. She authored the book “Agrobioenergy Market in Ukraine” (2011), as well as more than 90 scientific papers.