Webinar Materials: “Sustainable Solutions for Green Recovery: Solar Energy on Your Balcony”

On Friday, October 20, 2023, a webinar titled “Sustainable Solutions for Green Recovery: Solar Energy on Your Balcony” was held.

The event was opened by Oliver Schroffenegger, a member of the Charlottenburg District Council responsible for public order, the environment, roads, and green spaces, Berlin. He emphasized the importance of the partnership between the cities of Berlin and Kyiv, as well as the humanitarian and technical assistance that the Charlottenburg district continues to provide to its sister city, Kyiv. Julia Eichhofer, project coordinator at the wechange eG cooperative and a member of the NGO Ukraine-Hilfe Berlin e.V., emphasized the need to train people in new energy-related skills for Ukraine’s green recovery, which, according to new estimates, will create over 4 million new jobs.

Arina Satovska,  from the NGO “Hromada,” presented the "Home", social project for eco-friendly housing for internally displaced persons (IDPs), which will receive solar panels as part of a grant from the Nord-Süd-Brücken e.V. Foundation. Viktoria Vostryakova, head of the NGO  "Sustainable Development Agency ‘SYNERGY’", announced a competition or the non-repayable provision of balcony solar modules.

Taras Bondarenko, Head of the Electrical Substations Department at the Vinnytsia Regional Center for Electrical Engineering of NPC UKRENERGO, gave a presentation on the installation of balcony and facade solar systems from the perspective of permitting and safety. The speaker’s presentation can be found here. 

A recording of the webinar is available at the link.