DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL RES PROJECTS

Campaign Updates

7 June 2024

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.