Mykolaiv region has received 102 powerful “power banks” from Tesla, said Vitaliy Kim, head of the regional state administration, in a telegram.
These are Tesla Powerwall 2.0 energy storage systems with a System Backup Gateway 2 power management source for use in cases of power outages and instability of the local power grid.
On Friday, 30 devices were handed over to healthcare institutions, 38 to educational institutions, 25 to the State Emergency Service, and 9 to social infrastructure institutions.
The project was implemented thanks to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Tesla, the Institute of Telecommunications – National Research Institute (Warsaw), the Polish government, the American charity Direct Relief, and the Yevhen Pivovarov Charitable Foundation.
According to Kim, the region is actively cooperating to provide the region with alternative sources of generation, in particular, the installation of solar and wind power plants.
Sales of generators and power banks in September-October 2022 increased 10 times compared to the same period in 2021 in the ALLO national marketplace network, the company’s press service told Interfax-Ukraine.
“The demand for goods marketplace” ALLO during the war has changed a lot. Now Ukrainians are buying generators, heaters, lights, charging stations. They also continue to buy the necessary electronics, goods for remote work, study and everyday life – these categories of goods do not lose popularity, although overall demand has decreased. Sales of clothing, footwear, school uniforms, children’s products and toys fell by 90%. Until December, there will be a deficit for generators, solar panels, power banks,” said Natalya Pankratova, COO of ALLO Group and head of the allo.ua marketplace.
At the same time, generator sales increased 10 times in September 2022 compared to September 2021. In October, the jump has slightly decreased: the increase in sales this month is five times.
“The average bill (for generators) as a whole increased by 82% over the year and amounted to more than UAH 30,000,” Pankratova said.
Most often, Ukrainians choose compact generators of 2.5-2.8 kW. Owners of private houses prefer dual-fuel generators, diesel and gasoline, 5.5 kW or more.
Powerbank sales also increased 10 times compared to 2021. At the same time, the company noted that in the pre-war period, less capacious models were popular, now models with a capacity of 20,000 mAh, which are suitable for smartphones, start-watches and tablets, are in high demand.
According to the results of the third quarter of 2022, the average check in this category is UAH 2,000.
The company noted that during the war there was a demand for charging stations, before the war, consumers had enough power banks. The average bill of charging stations for the third quarter is UAH 28,000.
Partners of the national marketplace “ALLO” are thousands of Ukrainian entrepreneurs offering goods in more than 3 thousand categories. At the beginning of the Russian military invasion, demand for all goods, without exception, fell by 80-90%. Most partners of the ALLO marketplace did not work until April, now more than 75% of merchants have resumed work.
LLC “Allo” was founded in 1998. As of February 2022, the network consisted of 340 outlets in 140 cities of Ukraine. Now more than 270 outlets are open.
According to the latest data from the opendatabot resource, the participants of Allo LLC are PE Dniproinvest 2016 (95.19%), Dmitry Derevitsky (3.6%), Maxim Raskin (1.21%). The ultimate beneficiary is Derevitsky.
