At Solar and Storage Live London 2024 (29-30 April), RePower Ukraine will be attending as an official media partner. The initiative focusses on securing electricity supply to Ukraine’s hospitals during the current invasion by Russian forces. Attending Solar and Storage Live will provide RePower Ukraine the opportunity to meet potential funding partners who could sponsor a generation project on a hospital and contribute to Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. The RePower Ukraine Charitable Foundation is pleased to announce it has enlisted the help of members of the UK PV industry to collaborate on PV and battery projects for hospital and frontline medical centres.
The RePower Ukraine Charitable Foundation is pleased to announce it has enlisted the help of members of the UK PV industry to collaborate on PV and battery projects for hospital and frontline medical centres.
Established in 2022 by a group of Ukrainian energy professionals the RePower Ukraine Charitable Foundation aims to provide emergency energy assistance to critical facilities in Ukraine. The foundation has already implemented 2 projects in Kharkiv and Irpin with combined solar and battery storage systems providing critical loads back-up at both sites. Two more projects are currently in the pipeline with generous donations from UK suppliers and support from industry professionals. Repower Ukraine is supported by a network of volunteers across Europe and have recently been joined by Camille Dressler and Nick Arnold as Ambassadors for Scotland and the UK respectively.
The charity’s core mission is to bolster Ukraine’s energy resilience while fostering a sustainable and eco-friendly recovery. To realize this vision RePower Ukraine concentrates its efforts on four pivotal project pillars: construction of PV plants with storage systems for hospitals; providing energy backup equipment for frontline surgery teams and field hospitals; implementing educational initiatives in the renewable energy sector; installing solar-powered lighting solutions in de-occupied and war-affected regions.
Current projects include a proposed project for the Kyiv Regional Perinatal Center, a highly specialized medical and preventive institution that delivers babies and offers round-the-clock support to pregnant women. Due to the ongoing shelling affecting the energy networks the hospital requires a self-reliant energy source for its critical maternity, resuscitation, and nursing departments.
“The initiative’s primary goal is to facilitate the installation of a rooftop PV plant with a capacity of 21.6 kW and a battery with a capacity of 12.4 kWh. This autonomous energy system will generate enough power to meet approximately one-third of the hospital’s total electricity consumption, ensuring energy security and uninterrupted medical treatment in critical areas such as maternity, intensive care, and surgery units.” – stated Yaroslava Denisova, Director of the RePower Ukraine Charitable Foundation, in Kyiv, October 2, 2023.
RePower Ukraine extends a warm invitation to individuals, organizations, and businesses to become valued partners in the mission to strengthen Ukraine’s healthcare system. Help could be provided via financial donations and the donation of energy equipment or with technical design and fund raising. You can contribute directly through one of our fundraising campaigns, by visiting the RePower Ukraine website or by working with our ambassadors.
Your support is crucial and you have the power to make a meaningful impact on saving lives.
For more information, please visit http://www.RePowerUkraine.org.
Contact: pr@repowerua.org / nick@repowerua.org
Iryna Zahorodnia
Communication Manager
RePower Ukraine Charitable Foundation
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/repowerua
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repowerua
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RepowerUa
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