The panels, manufactured by Italian firm Enel S.p.A, have a complete capability of round 2 MW. They are going to be delivered to healthcare services within the Zhytomyr, Volyn, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv and Odesa areas. 

The Ukrainian Well being Ministry mentioned the variety of healthcare services to obtain gear will enhance sooner or later. Extra gear required for the set up of photo voltaic panels will probably be bought through the Ukraine Power Assist Fund.

President of the European Fee, Ursula von der Leyen, introduced the launch of the Ray of Hope mission in the direction of the beginning of final yr, when Enel introduced it might donate the photo voltaic panels to the mission.

Viktor Liashko, Minister of Well being of Ukraine, mentioned Russia’s fixed assaults on Ukraine’s vitality system are making medical infrastructure very susceptible. “To make sure that medical services can present uninterrupted medical care to sufferers, we’re working to equip them with various vitality sources. Particularly, photo voltaic panels. This is a vital step in the direction of vitality independence and secure operation of medical services,” Liashko added.

Earlier this yr, a feasibility study from the United Nations Growth Programme in Ukraine assessed the potential of 37 photo voltaic initiatives at hospitals and water provide services in 18 Ukrainian cities and located the potential to generate an uninterrupted energy provide if totally carried out.

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