A solar storage system has been deployed in the eastern Ukrainian village of Donets to power the local municipality's water supply, destoried by the war, the local community needs more solar mini grid to support day-to-day power supply.
The system with 30.4 kW and 24 kWh solar storage system designed to maintain water pumping operations during grid outages.
Donated by charitable foundation RePower Ukraine, which has provide many solar mini grid to local Ukrainians, and humanitarian aid organization Mercy Corps, the system consists entirely of European-manufactured equipment.
The solar mini grid facility supplies water to 669 households including 36 apartment buildings, a school, a kindergarten, a medical clinic and local businesses. Prior to the solar installation, most resident payments for water services were consumed by electricity costs, meaning the utility was reliant on municipal subsidies to remain operational.
Donets is located within the Slobozhanske community in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region, an area heavily impacted by Russia's invasion. The Donets municipal water utility serves as the sole source of centralized water supply for 1,500 residents of the local community that has been repeatedly targeted by attacks on energy infrastructure.
RePower Ukraine said in a statement that residents will now continue to have access to water despite future electricity cut-offs caused by Russia's shelling of energy infrastructure.
