{"id":3529,"date":"2025-03-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/?p=3529"},"modified":"2025-12-12T19:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:30:14","slug":"greenpeace-and-solarpower-europe-announce-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/news\/3529\/greenpeace-and-solarpower-europe-announce-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace organizations and SolarPower Europe announce collaboration to accelerate solar PV in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, during the second day of SolarPower Europe\u2019s annual<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowersummit.org\/\"> Solar Power Summit<\/a> event in Brussels, Nina Schoenian, Managing Director at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.de\/\"> Greenpeace Germany<\/a>, Illia Kuksenko, Junior Campaigner at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/\">Greenpeace Ukraine<\/a>, and SolarPower Europe CEO Walburga Hemetsberger, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, establishing their commitment to fast-track solar installations across Ukraine, amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-ukraine-stateless\/2025\/03\/55fd0c25-rahxsgrr-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-ukraine-stateless\/2025\/03\/55fd0c25-rahxsgrr-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-ukraine-stateless\/2025\/03\/55fd0c25-rahxsgrr-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-ukraine-stateless\/2025\/03\/55fd0c25-rahxsgrr-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-ukraine-stateless\/2025\/03\/55fd0c25-rahxsgrr-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-ukraine-stateless\/2025\/03\/55fd0c25-rahxsgrr-1536x1026.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-ukraine-stateless\/2025\/03\/55fd0c25-rahxsgrr-2048x1368.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-ukraine-stateless\/2025\/03\/55fd0c25-rahxsgrr-2045x1366.jpeg 2045w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-ukraine-stateless\/2025\/03\/55fd0c25-rahxsgrr-510x340.jpeg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/belgium\/nl\/\">Greenpeace<\/a> organizations and SolarPower Europe\u2019s collaboration to accelerate the deployment of solar PV systems across Ukraine is part of the country\u2019s sustainable reconstruction and resilient energy supply. SolarPower Europe and Greenpeace Ukraine and Germany will work to ensure that Ukraine\u2019s reconstruction creates quality employment, safeguards the country\u2019s energy security, and reorients the economy towards a sustainable and prosperous future, with solar as the backbone of a new, green energy system. Finally, they aim to explore EU-Ukraine Facility opportunities, and to strengthen EU-Ukraine solar energy cooperation.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO of SolarPower Europe (she\/her) said:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>Solar power, as a decentralised and easily deployable clean energy technology, plays a crucial role in Ukraine\u2019s energy security. Today, solar PV projects in Ukraine are essential for combating energy outages, ensuring hospitals and schools can continue operating, and keeping critical infrastructure functional. Together, Greenpeace Ukraine, Germany, and SolarPower Europe will aim to accelerate solar adoption in the country and safeguard its long-term energy resilience.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Nina Schoenian, Managing Director at Greenpeace Germany (she\/her) said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cRenewable energy should be the future for Europe and Ukraine. With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/investigations-reports\/1318\/greenpeace-study-ukraine-needs-a-solar-energy-marshall-plan\/\">&#8220;Solar Energy Marshall Plan for Ukraine,&#8221;<\/a> Greenpeace Germany has outlined a roadmap for expanding Ukraine&#8217;s solar energy capacity. Embracing solar energy is a double opportunity for Ukraine to overcome its energy challenges and boost economic development, and the EU&#8217;s support will play a crucial role in making this vision a reality. We&#8217;re looking forward to working together to make this a reality, and ensure Ukraine&#8217;s energy independence and security for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowersummit.org\/\"> <strong>SolarPower Summit<\/strong><\/a> is SolarPower Europe\u2019s flagship event, which brings together key decision-makers, and industry experts from around Europe to explore Europe\u2019s most pressing questions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SolarPower Europe is a proud partner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarsupportsukraine.org\/\"><strong>Solar Supports Ukraine<\/strong><\/a> campaign, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarwirtschaft.de\/en\/home\/\">BSW, the German Solar Association,<\/a> and our implementation partners, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repower.ngo\/about-en\">RePower Ukraine Charitable Foundation<\/a> and the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energyactua.com\/\"> Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation.<\/a> Together, we&#8217;re working to install solar on schools and hospitals in Ukraine, tackling energy outages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenpeace network is comprised of 26 independent national\/regional organisations in over 55 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. In 2022, Greenpeace Germany and Greenpeace Austria initiated the <strong>\u201cGreen Reconstruction of Ukraine\u201d<\/strong> project to advocate for sustainable rebuilding in the country. The new office in Kyiv, Ukraine was opened in September 2024. Find out more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/our-work\/green-reconstruction-of-ukraine\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To help Ukraine in its recovery, reconstruction and modernisation efforts, the EU launched the <strong>Ukraine Facility,<\/strong> a dedicated instrument which will allow the EU to provide Ukraine with up to \u20ac50 billion in stable and predictable financial support from 2024-2027. Find out more<a href=\"https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/strategy-and-policy\/eu-budget\/eu-borrower-investor-relations\/ukraine-facility_en#:~:text=The%20Ukraine%20Facility%20is%20a%20dedicated%20instrument%20which,will%20be%20provided%20in%20the%20form%20of%20loans.\"> here.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.de\/publikationen\/20240607-greenpeace-report-BE-solar-marshallplan-ukraine-encv.pdf\"><strong>Solar Energy Marshall Plan for Ukraine<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u2019<\/strong> study was commissioned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.de\/\">Greenpeace Germany<\/a> and conducted by the economic consultancy firm <a href=\"https:\/\/berlin-economics.com\/en\/\">Berlin Economics.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, during the second day of SolarPower Europe\u2019s annual SolarPower Summit event in Brussels, Nina Schoenian, Managing Director at Greenpeace Germany, Illia Kuksenko, Junior Campaigner at Greenpeace Ukraine, and SolarPower&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":3527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[85,45],"tags":[],"p4-page-type":[107],"class_list":["post-3529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greenreconstruction","category-partnership-for-reconstruction","p4-page-type-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5218,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions\/5218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3529"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=3529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}