KYIV. March 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The total installed capacity of solar panels at Ukrainian households in 2016 increased by almost 7 times, from 2.2 MW to 16.7 MW, according to the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine, with reference to its head Serhiy Savchuk.
“The number of households which installed solar panels in 2016 almost quadrupled compared with 2015, namely from 244 to 1,109 households,” a press release reads.
The report states if in the first quarter of last year the capacity of private solar power panels was 3.4 MW, then in the six months it reached 5.06 MW, and after another three months 7.9 MW, and afterwards by the end of the year it doubled.
With regard to the number of households with solar panels, in the first quarter of last year their number increased by 54, in the second quarter by 132, in the third quarter by 195, and in the fourth quarter by 484.
The agency said households now install more powerful panels than before.
According to the document, there are 6.5 million individual residential buildings in Ukraine.
