Featured in High time for a masterplan – 06-2023

Solar resistance

Ukrainians have endured Russia’s winter onslaught on their national energy infrastructure and are now turning to solar to become more resilient in the event that war is raging when the snows return. Parliament is helping, with plans for legislation to incentivize PV systems on homes, schools, clinics, and other infrastructure, as Ian Skarytovsky explains.

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pv magazine

09 Jun 2023

Ecoclub hopes to build more solar projects like the one it installed at a medical facility in Zviahel, Ukraine. | Photo: Ecoclub

On March 9, another wave of power outages hit Ukraine as Russia fired one of its largest barrages of missiles and kamikaze drones against the electricity network. In the capital, Kyiv, the seven-hour nighttime alert was the longest of Russia’s air campaign. The invader had identified Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as a legitimate target.“The winter has …

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