2026

1. The Eco-Optima Group of Companies has commissioned the Sokal Wind Farm with an installed capacity of 39.6 MW. According to forecasts, the new wind farm will generate approximately 122 million kWh of electricity per year. The Sokal Wind Farm is equipped with seven Nordex wind turbines. The total investment in the construction of the plant amounted to €40 million.

2. Since the beginning of 2026, 30 Ukrainian healthcare facilities have commissioned their own solar power plants as part of the “Ray of Hope” project. As of early July, the total installed capacity of the new solar power plants stands at 2.388 MW. More than 250 hospitals are set to join the project. The project continues to expand. According to the Ministry of Health:

• 106 healthcare facilities are at various stages of project implementation;
• 5 hospitals are in the final stages of installing solar power plants;
• technical solutions are currently being developed for 146 facilities.

3. In the first three months of 2026, 824 DTEK Network customers in Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Odesa Oblast commissioned residential solar power plants (SPPs).

4. Vodafone has installed solar panels at 100 base stations in Ukraine. This will allow them to cover about 30% of their energy consumption using renewable sources and will significantly increase the resilience of their communications during power outages.

5. Norway is providing support to DTEK for the implementation of the project for Ukraine’s largest wind farm—the 650-MW Poltava Wind Farm. Construction is expected to be completed in 2028.

6. In the Khmelnytskyi region, there are plans to build a wind farm with a capacity of up to 10 MW. The project involves installing two wind turbines, each with a capacity of 1.5-5 MW. The total installed capacity of the plant will be up to 10 MW. The final turbine models will be determined during the detailed design phase. Expected annual generation will range from 3,500 MWh to 28,000 MWh.

7. In Zhytomyr Oblast, plans are underway to build a 15-MW wind farm. The project is planned to be implemented on the territory of the Yemilchynska settlement community in the Zvyagel District, outside populated areas. According to the project documentation, the wind farm will include up to three wind turbines, each with a capacity of up to 5 MW. The expected annual electricity generation is up to 46 GWh.

8. The company “Energy RTB 4” plans to build a wind farm with a capacity of up to 112.5 MW on the left bank of the Kyiv region. Annual generation of environmentally friendly electricity is expected to reach up to 350,000 MWh.

9. In the Lviv region, there are plans to build a 6.2 MW wind farm. The project involves the construction of a single modern wind turbine within the Zolochiv city community in the Zolochiv district of the Lviv region, outside the village of Stinka. The wind turbine’s capacity will be up to 6.2 MW.

10. In Rivne Oblast, there are plans to build a biomethane complex with a capacity of 6 million cubic meters per year. The project is planned to be implemented outside the village of Ridkiv in the Krupets Territorial Community of Dubno District. According to the project documentation, the complex will have a biogas production capacity of up to 15 million cubic meters per year and a biomethane production capacity of up to 6 million cubic meters per year.

11. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has approved a long-term loan of €42 million to Volyn West Wind-2 LLC and Volyn West Wind-3 LLC, both controlled by VI.AN Holding, a member of the OKKO Group. The funds will be used for the construction and subsequent operation of an 189-MW wind farm in Ukraine.

2025

1. In 2025, some communities, with donor support, have already begun preparations to create energy communities; for example, Vinnytsia has a corresponding roadmap, and an energy cooperative is operating in Slavutych. 

2. A roadmap for the development of green energy communities has been created in the Vinnytsia City Territorial Community (VCTC). As of June 2025, more than 100 businesses in Vinnytsia will be using renewable energy sources. The total peak capacity of solar power plants (SPPs) is 17.79 MW, of which 17.73 MW is accounted for by enterprises and 0.42 MW by municipal institutions. The plan is to achieve at least 10 MW of installed RES capacity and ensure that at least 20% of community-owned facilities participate in renewable energy projects implemented on a cooperative or partnership basis, including SES, heat pumps, and bioenergy systems. Particular attention should be focused on social infrastructure facilities such as schools, kindergartens, and hospitals.

3. The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine has launched a €2 million pilot project called “Twin Cities,” joining forces between Hlobyn (Ukraine) and Grafenwörth (Austria) to install solar panels and strengthen the energy sustainability of communities. The project provides €2 million in grant support for the installation of solar panels on municipal (public) buildings in partnership with the Austrian city of Grafenwörth.

4. At the Frunze mine, part of Steel’s Sukha Balka DCH mine, construction has begun on a 2 MW solar power plant. The decision to build its own electricity generation capacity was made due to a constant shortage of generating capacity and restrictions on electricity consumption.

5. Thanks to a €460,000 grant from the Eastern European Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership (E5P) and €54,960 in technical assistance from Sweden, solar power plants with a total capacity of 340 kW have been installed at three water supply and wastewater treatment facilities in Chortkiv.

6. In 2025, SOLARsk implemented more than 220 MW of solar power plants in Ukraine as an EPC contractor. This includes mainly ground-mounted solar farms, as well as several industrial rooftop projects for own consumption — solutions that help businesses reduce energy costs and maintain operations even during planned power outages.

7. In 2025, the Pryiutivska community (Kirovohrad region) took part in a social project competition organized by Elementum Energy LLC (Ukraine) Elementum Energy, submitting a project to install a hybrid solar power plant on the roof of a building in the village of Pryiutivka. Today, this project has already been implemented and has become the second communal solar power plant in the community. The new hybrid photovoltaic system has an operating capacity of 20 kW, equipped with 25 kW solar panels and 25 kWh batteries. This allows for the production of electricity from renewable sources, its storage, and use during peak loads or power outages.

8. In 2025, the Zvyagel community (Zhytomyr region) implemented energy efficiency measures at Lyceum No. 4 (roof insulation, replacement of wooden windows, modernisation of the heating system). The grant support amounted to almost €200,000. A 50 kW heat pump and an individual heating unit were installed in the Delfin Children’s Rehabilitation Centre. The grant component amounted to €70,000 (with the support of the GIZ project “Renewable Energy Sources for a Sustainable Ukraine” (R2U)), and solar power stations were installed in the hospital (32 kW) and the Delfin Children’s Recreation Centre (24 kW). Grant support attracted – over UAH 1.2 million. To improve energy efficiency, KP “Zvyagelvodokanal” conducted an energy audit of the enterprise with the support of GIZ and received energy-saving equipment (frequency converters and soft starters) valued at over UAH 1.1 million.