{"id":22340,"date":"2026-03-20T14:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/?p=22340"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:18:16","slug":"demand-for-solar-energy-in-ukraine-nearly-doubled-dolya-solar-energy-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/demand-for-solar-energy-in-ukraine-nearly-doubled-dolya-solar-energy-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand for Solar Energy in Ukraine Nearly Doubled \u2013 Dolya Solar Energy Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Oleksii Shyshkanov, Head of the Alternative Energy Department at <a href=\"https:\/\/dolyasolar.energy\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dolya Solar Energy<\/a>, a general partner of SEAU, stated in an interview with Komersant Ukrainskyi that demand for solar power plants, inverters, and energy storage systems in Ukraine has effectively doubled over the past year.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to him, the market is demonstrating steady positive dynamics, with <\/span><b>businesses, homeowners associations (HOAs), and private households<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> acting as the main drivers of growth. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Companies are investing in solar generation to reduce electricity costs and ensure energy independence, while for households, the key factor remains <\/span><b>backup power during outages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The expert noted that the increase in demand is largely driven by <\/span><b>security challenges and damage to energy infrastructure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Under such conditions, electricity becomes a critical resource, and investments in self-generation serve as a practical solution to ensure stability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, for most of the year, there was a gradual <\/span><b>decline in equipment prices (by 3-5%)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, towards the end of the year, prices began to rise again due to <\/span><b>increased demand and a global shortage of batteries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the expert, installing solar power plants remains <\/span><b>economically viable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, especially for businesses, where projects can achieve a <\/span><b>payback period of around two years on average<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For households, the key benefit lies not only in cost savings but also in <\/span><b>energy autonomy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEAU emphasizes that such dynamics indicate <\/span><b>structural changes in the market<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: solar energy and energy storage systems are becoming an integral part of the country\u2019s <\/span><b>energy security<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a key element in the development of a <\/span><b>decentralized energy system in Ukraine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/komersant.ua\/popyt-na-soniachni-elektrostantsii-v-ukraini-zris-mayzhe-vdvichi-za-rik-ekspert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/komersant.ua\/popyt-na-soniachni-elektrostantsii-v-ukraini-zris-mayzhe-vdvichi-za-rik-ekspert\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oleksii Shyshkanov, Head of the Alternative Energy Department at Dolya Solar Energy, a general partner of SEAU, stated in an interview with Komersant Ukrainskyi that demand for solar power plants, inverters, and energy storage systems in Ukraine has effectively doubled over the past year. According to him, the market is demonstrating steady positive dynamics, with &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/demand-for-solar-energy-in-ukraine-nearly-doubled-dolya-solar-energy-expert\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Demand for Solar Energy in Ukraine Nearly Doubled \u2013 Dolya Solar Energy Expert<\/span> \u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0456 \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":22341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[369],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22343,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22340\/revisions\/22343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}