{"id":22775,"date":"2026-04-23T14:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/?p=22775"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:52:21","slug":"seau-chairman-vladyslav-sokolovskyi-comments-on-the-transformation-of-the-solar-energy-market-for-delo-ua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/seau-chairman-vladyslav-sokolovskyi-comments-on-the-transformation-of-the-solar-energy-market-for-delo-ua\/","title":{"rendered":"SEAU Chairman Vladyslav Sokolovskyi Comments on the Transformation of the Solar Energy Market for Delo.ua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Ukraine\u2019s solar energy market is undergoing a profound transformation\u2014from a centralized model of large-scale utility solar plants to distributed generation focused on business needs and energy independence.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a comment for Delo.ua, <\/span><b>Vladyslav Sokolovskyi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Chairman of the Board of the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine, noted:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhereas previously large contractors mainly built standalone industrial solar plants with capacities of tens of megawatts, today the focus has shifted to decentralized solutions: instead of one 50 MW plant, hundreds of 500 kW installations are being developed.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to him, most new projects are implemented as autonomous energy solutions\u2014so-called \u201cenergy islands\u201d\u2014allowing businesses to operate independently of grid constraints and outage risks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, the very logic of energy projects is changing:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRooftop panels are no longer the final point. They are just the first step in a more complex system that includes batteries, management systems, integration with other sources, and the ability to trade surplus electricity on the market. The EPC contractor is transforming into a full-fledged energy partner for businesses.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vladyslav Sokolovskyi also emphasized that recent developments, particularly the challenging winter of 2025\/2026, have solidified this new market model:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe difficult winter of 2025\/2026 ultimately reinforced this transition, making energy independence a competitive advantage for businesses, enabling them to reduce electricity costs and generate revenue from electricity sales.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the results of 2025, the Ukrainian market demonstrates not only growth in volumes but also a qualitative shift in demand: businesses are moving from reactive solutions to strategic investment planning in their own generation and energy storage systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/delo.ua\/energetics\/zima-yak-katalizator-yak-zminivsya-rinok-instalyatoriv-sonyacnix-elektrostancii-v-ukrayini-463534\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine\u2019s solar energy market is undergoing a profound transformation\u2014from a centralized model of large-scale utility solar plants to distributed generation focused on business needs and energy independence. In a comment for Delo.ua, Vladyslav Sokolovskyi, Chairman of the Board of the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine, noted: \u201cWhereas previously large contractors mainly built standalone industrial solar &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/seau-chairman-vladyslav-sokolovskyi-comments-on-the-transformation-of-the-solar-energy-market-for-delo-ua\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SEAU Chairman Vladyslav Sokolovskyi Comments on the Transformation of the Solar Energy Market for Delo.ua<\/span> \u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0456 \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":22776,"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\/22775"}],"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=22775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22778,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22775\/revisions\/22778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}