{"id":23414,"date":"2026-08-14T12:55:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/?p=23414"},"modified":"2026-08-14T12:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:55:56","slug":"vladyslav-sokolovskyi-solar-power-plants-are-becoming-a-tool-for-energy-security-and-cost-reduction-for-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/vladyslav-sokolovskyi-solar-power-plants-are-becoming-a-tool-for-energy-security-and-cost-reduction-for-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Vladyslav Sokolovskyi: Solar Power Plants Are Becoming a Tool for Energy Security and Cost Reduction for Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>The online media outlet LIGA.net has published an article dedicated to the development of Ukraine\u2019s solar energy market, the economics of installing solar power plants for businesses and households, and current trends in the development of on-site generation. Vladyslav Sokolovskyi, Chairman of the Board of the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine, shared his <a href=\"https:\/\/biz.liga.net\/en\/energy\/article\/solar-power-instead-of-a-generator-how-much-a-private-solar-power-plant-costs-and-when-it-pays-for-itself\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insights<\/a> with the publication.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Mr Sokolovskyi, Ukraine\u2019s solar energy market has changed significantly. While previously most projects were developed to sell electricity under the feed-in tariff, today the main drivers for investment are energy independence and reducing electricity costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cToday, solar power plants are increasingly being built not as standalone investment assets, but as a tool for ensuring a company\u2019s energy security, reducing electricity costs and protecting against potential power outages,\u201d said the Chairman of the Board of SEAU.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The expert also paid particular attention to the payback periods of solar power plants. According to SEAU estimates, investment payback periods today depend primarily on the electricity consumption profile, the capacity of the facility and the share of generated electricity used for self-consumption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to estimates by the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine, the approximate payback periods are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>industrial enterprises \u2013 4-6 years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>logistics facilities and warehouses \u2013 4-6 years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>agricultural enterprises \u2013 4-7 years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>commercial real estate and shopping centres \u2013 5-7 years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>households \u2013 7-10 years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, as Vladyslav Sokolovskyi emphasises, for many businesses the economic benefits are no longer limited to reducing electricity bills. On-site generation helps avoid production downtime, ensure business continuity and minimise losses during potential power outages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The expert also highlighted an important shift in the industry\u2019s economic model. Despite the end of the feed-in tariff era for new large-scale projects, investments in on-site solar generation remain economically attractive.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA certain paradox has emerged: despite the end of the feed-in tariff era for new large-scale projects, payback periods have, in many cases, not increased but actually become shorter,\u201d Vladyslav Sokolovskyi noted.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Chairman of the Board of SEAU, several factors contribute to this trend: a significant decline in equipment costs, technological development and rising electricity prices for businesses. As a result, using solar generation for self-consumption increasingly delivers economic benefits comparable to, or even greater than, those previously provided by selling electricity under the special tariff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr Sokolovskyi also shared updated estimates of the development of Ukraine\u2019s solar energy market. According to SEAU data, <\/span><b>more than 1.5 GW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of new solar capacity was commissioned in Ukraine in <\/span><b>2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, bringing the country\u2019s total installed solar generation capacity to <\/span><b>approximately 8.5 GW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, Vladyslav Sokolovskyi noted that the actual scale of the market is even larger than official statistics suggest. An increasing number of businesses and households are installing solar power plants exclusively for self-consumption, without selling electricity to the market. Since such facilities often do not require a licence, a significant share of new installations is not reflected in official reporting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Solar Energy Association of Ukraine believes that the development of on-site solar generation will continue to be one of the key areas for strengthening the energy resilience of Ukrainian businesses, communities and households. Growing demand for solar power plants demonstrates a gradual shift from a model focused on generating revenue from electricity sales towards one centred on energy independence, cost savings and greater reliability of electricity supply.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The online media outlet LIGA.net has published an article dedicated to the development of Ukraine\u2019s solar energy market, the economics of installing solar power plants for businesses and households, and current trends in the development of on-site generation. Vladyslav Sokolovskyi, Chairman of the Board of the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine, shared his insights with &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/vladyslav-sokolovskyi-solar-power-plants-are-becoming-a-tool-for-energy-security-and-cost-reduction-for-businesses\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vladyslav Sokolovskyi: Solar Power Plants Are Becoming a Tool for Energy Security and Cost Reduction for Businesses<\/span> \u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0456 \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":23415,"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":[369,368],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23414"}],"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=23414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23417,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23414\/revisions\/23417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseu.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}