The official opening of the solar power plant signifies a pivotal advancement for newborns in Kyiv and the surrounding region, securing a reliable power supply necessary for their medical care.
Each year, approximately 44,000 mothers and newborns depend on an uninterrupted power supply to receive life-saving medical treatments in the neonatal intensive care unit. Reliable power saves lives, and to ensure this, the RePower Ukraine Foundation has installed a solar power station on the unit’s rooftop.
Beyond energy independence, the solar power station also contributes positively to the environment by reducing the hospital’s reliance on fossil fuels and lowering carbon emissions. Over the course of a year, it is projected to save around 20.64 tons of greenhouse gases — a significant step towards a sustainable future!
“We are immensely grateful to our partners Menlo Electric, sun.store, Sungrow, and JinkoSolar for providing high-quality equipment, including solar panels, battery storage, and inverters. Thanks to their professional and prompt support, it was possible to implement this comprehensive and crucial project. A special thanks also to GIZ for their strategic support and funding, which helped us equip the hospital with a reliable energy source. By investing in the health of mothers and children, we are investing in the future of our country,” said Svitlana Vovchenko, Director of the RePower Ukraine Charitable Foundation.
“This project is, above all, about safety. We handle both complex and extremely complex childbirth cases. Our personal record is a newborn weighing just 450 grams, whom we managed to save. However, nowadays, approximately 70% of births involve complications. That is why we rely on a stable power supply—so that during outages, we can focus entirely on the mother and newborn instead of searching for light,” shared Oleksandr Kachur, General Director of the Kyiv Regional Perinatal Center, Doctor of Medical Sciences, and Honored Doctor of Ukraine.
We are confident that this project will serve as an example for other medical institutions and inspire broader adoption of green technologies in Ukraine.
The RePower Ukraine Foundation expresses its gratitude to all those who contributed to the project: our partners, donors, and the staff of the perinatal center. Together, we are creating a better future for our children!
This initiative was made possible with the support of GIZ and the companies Menlo Electric, sun.store, Sungrow, and JinkoSolar.
The project is led by the RePower Ukraine Foundation in collaboration with other civil society organizations as part of the “Renewable Energy for a Resilient Ukraine.” The project “Renewables for Resilient Ukraine” (R2U) is commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany (BMWK) with the support of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) in Ukraine and is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
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