Newly built solar power station helps hospital in Odesa region withstand blackouts
- energyactua
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Updated: 3 hours ago
In October 2025, The Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation installed a solar power station at the Central district hospital of the Izmail district in Ukraine’s Odesa region. Just one month after commissioning, the system helped the hospital endure a prolonged blackout caused by massive Russian attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure.
The hybrid solar power station was installed by the Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation with the support of Huawei Ukraine, in coordination with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Energy and Housing and Communal Services. The solar modules for the project were provided by LONGi Solar. The project is also part of the Foundation’s cooperation with GlobalGiving.
Since mid-November 2025, prolonged power outages have been recorded in several districts of the Odesa region. Due to blackouts, critical infrastructure facilities, including hospitals, have been forced to rely on diesel generators. However, practice shows that generators are not only costly to operate but also not designed for long-term continuous use and require shutdowns after intensive operation. An additional challenge is fuel supply: during outages, gas stations often stop operating, making it extremely difficult to obtain fuel for generators.
Under these conditions, the solar power station installed by The Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation became a vital source of electricity for the hospital serving the Safianivska community.
The 30 kW solar power station, equipped with an energy storage system with a capacity of 62.4 kWh, provides approximately four hours of autonomous operation for the hospital’s surgical and intensive care units during blackouts. This allows doctors to perform priority surgeries even in the event of a complete power outage.
“During the latest blackouts, the hospital was completely without electricity. In such conditions, generators can operate for about five hours before they must be shut down due to overheating. That is why hospitals need additional power sources besides generators. For three days, we had no electricity at all, and it was the solar power station that kept us going,” says Oleh Sadkovskyi, CEO of the hospital.
“Another crucial effect is voltage stabilization. Even when grid power was partially restored, the voltage dropped to 170–180 volts, and medical equipment could not start. The solar power station stabilized the voltage, allowing our surgeons, anesthesiologists, and intensive care equipment to operate continuously – 24/7.”
During the blackouts, the hospital became a support point not only for patients but for the entire community: local residents came to charge their phones and warm up.
“In wartime, a hospital cannot rely on a single source of electricity. Generators fail, fuel shortages occur. Our experience has shown that even in winter, a solar power station is a solution that truly works,” Sadkovskyi emphasizes.
Yuliana Onishchuk, CEO & Founder of the Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation, stresses that this case clearly demonstrates the critical role of charitable aid and international support for essential infrastructure facilities:
“Massive attacks have once again proven that hospitals, schools, and water utilities cannot depend solely on the centralized grid. Alternative energy sources are not about comfort — they are about uninterrupted medical care and lives saved. Solar power stations with energy storage enable hospitals to operate even in the most challenging conditions. We build these solutions together with our partners, and thanks to this support, life in communities does not stop when the lights go out. Many more hospitals still need the same solutions.”
