The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and the De Boomgaard Foundation are investing in the installation of 2,700 solar panels that will generate 1.6 million kWh of electricity annually for 23 Ukrainian hospitals in frontline regions.
According to a press release from the Dutch-Ukrainian charity LifeLine Ukraine, which is supporting the project on the Ukrainian side, the total cost of the project is €3.4 million.
The project is jointly supported by a consortium of partners from the Netherlands (Solarge) and Ukraine (Lifeline Ukraine and Energy Act Ukraine) and provides reliable and sustainable energy supplies to key healthcare facilities and, in the future, to educational institutions in the country.
Solar panels from Solarge have already been installed in two medical facilities in Mykolaiv, with plans to install them in 21 more hospitals.
In addition to solar panels, the hospitals will also receive batteries for storing electricity.
Stichting de Boomgaard intends to ask the EC to build 60 more hospitals along the front line after the completion of these 23 hospitals.
