ENERGY ACT FOR UKRAINE FOUNDATION
The Regional Perinatal Center, based at the Odessa Regional Clinical Hospital, is one of the key medical facilities in southern Ukraine, providing highly specialized care to mothers and newborns. The center treats the most complex cases from across the region, including premature births, pregnancy complications, and critical conditions in infants. Over the course of more than 40 years of operation, more than 100,000 Ukrainians have been born here. In 2025 alone, 202 children were treated in the neonatal intensive care unit, 121 of whom required mechanical ventilation.
Uninterrupted power supply is critical to the center’s operations, as the functioning of ventilators, incubators, heating systems, and other life-support equipment cannot be interrupted even for a short time. Amid regular shelling of the Odesa region and the resulting power outages, ensuring the facility’s energy resilience has become a priority.
In the winter of 2026, the Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation installed a 34 kW hybrid solar power station at the perinatal center, equipped with a 62,1 kWh energy storage system. The plant generates approximately 40 MWh of electricity annually and covers up to 70% of the facility’s energy needs. In the event of a total blackout, the system provides up to 4 hours of fully autonomous operation for critical departments and up to 18 hours of support, provided energy is used efficiently.
The solar power station ensures the stable operation of the adult and pediatric intensive care units, reduces the risk of critical equipment failure, and helps minimize equipment wear and tear caused by power surges. In addition to enhancing energy security, the project provides annual savings of approximately €4,700 and reduces CO2 emissions by 417 tons over 25 years.
The project was implemented by the Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation with the support of Huawei Ukraine, a technology partner and sponsor of the nationwide project to install solar power plants in hospitals, and with the coordination assistance of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy, Housing, and Utilities. The project is also part of the foundation’s collaboration with GlobalGiving.
