Due to damage to the energy infrastructure as a result of hostilities, Ukraine has to save electricity-the country cannot now produce it so much so that everyone is enough. In different cities, the light is turned off according to the schedule, and somewhere it may not be at all for days. The UN Development Program helps Ukraine cope with this problem. sofal power plants & nbsp; & nbsp; “Over the next five years, according to my personal forecasts, every second house in Ukraine will have its own solar station,” says Galina Varova from Kyiv. Until recently, a woman only dreamed of a career in the field of green energy, and today it manages her own company, and even learned to mount the solar power plants itself – she finished the training course, which is specially conducted by the UN development program with the global ecological fund; & nbsp; “I wrote a business plan of the“ Solar Company ”a few years ago, but then it seemed to me something unreal. And this year my dream came true – I am engaged in the construction of large solar stations, ”says Galina. Now, after the course of the UNDP and GEF, she knows how to mount the solar panels with his own hand. “It is very important for me to know every detail when installing stations. The sphere of “green” energy is rapidly developing without a war, and a request for qualified engineers is growing, ”says the woman. & Amp; nbsp; & nbsp; ~ h2 > new energy service market set solar panels – only half the water. To make them part of the energy system, beneficial from a financial point of view (so that they allow not only saving, but also earn), is much more important. To do this, it is necessary to develop the market of energy service companies (ESCO). Any community can attract such a company through a tender (determining which institutions or utilities need its services). After that, the SS-company comes and conducts an analysis of energy consumption, offers a project for modernization, buys the necessary equipment and pays for its installation. The Es-Companion receives the profit from the amount already saved by the client (the so-called & nbsp; Success Fee-a reward for success). And after the completion of the contract (after a maximum of 15 years), the equipment and the entire savings remain the customer. & Amp; nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; For example, the city has a school with an outdated heating system that pays for it allegedly 100 thousand dollars a year. The SS-Company replaces the equipment, reducing these expenses to 70 thousand. While the contract with ESCO is valid, the school pays it part of the saved 30 thousand. After the contract is completed, the school uses complete savings. Thus, having spent nothing, the school receives new equipment and savings, and the SS-company earns on its services. hospital and water utility-the first customers of the SS-commander ~ 60 > first in Ukraine began to work with the SCR of the solar batteries of the critical infrastructure enterprise-the hospital and the hospital and the hospital and the hospital and the hospital Vodokanals. The UN Development Program helps them to navigate the new energy service market. & Amp; nbsp; “Why did we start with hospitals and water utilities ? because they consume electricity 24/7 all year round. This allows the SS-commander to use the potential of solar panels as much as possible (in contrast, for example, from schools that do not work during the summer holidays, when the solar generation is the highest). Therefore, these are the most profitable projects for the investor, ”explains Anna Zhovtenko, the head of the projects in the portfolio of energy and the environment in Ukraine. – For the community, this means – without expenses from the budget to solve problems with energy and heating. Now, the SS-Company has added another installation-drive to the solar power plants. What does it mean ? if the solar power station works without a drive, then energy immediately goes to the network and can be required directly. The drive is needed so that the object can work during blackout or have a supply of energy while the cloudy weather. “& Amp; nbsp; 62 ~ ~ 60 > all investment risks also take care of Esco -company. After all, it is she who selects technical solutions and is responsible for the quality. & Amp; nbsp; on the country’s scale we are talking about millionth savings & nbsp; ~Now about 40 SS-companies are actively working in Ukraine and, according to the head of the energy portfolio UNDP, there are more and more. “This is a significant contribution to the distributed generation of the country, as well as a million savings for Ukrainian consumers,” says Anna Zhovtenko. ~ ~ 60 > UNDS supported 37 cities that signed 100 years, which signed 100 years Escapers, half of them are the installation of solar power plants (for 23 hospitals and 27 water utilities). The rest of the projects concerned thermomodernization (insulation of buildings, replacement of windows and the like). “In different cases, this saved enterprises from 5 to 40 percent of electric and 15 to 75 percent of thermal energy. We implement these projects throughout Ukraine, from the Drogobych of the Lviv region to Zlatopol Kharkov – the geography is very wide. We are pleased that during the war our Ukrainian investors even invest in those regions that are not so far from the front line, ”says the head of the Energy Projects UNDD. & Amp; nbsp; 60 ~ p > Also, UNDS helps the SS-companies receive loans on more favorable terms (with less interest and simplified pledge requirements). “This is also one of the problems is to offer banks as a bail to such a loan. The Sesus companies do not have much property that could be sent as a bail (for example, you won’t take the windows at the school or the heat point back). But solar stations, most likely, in some cases can be used for collateral and now we are negotiating about this, ”Anna Zhovtenko informs. 60 ~ h2 > energy dependence of critical infrastructure objects & nbsp; In addition to savings, there is another plus – objects of critical infrastructure will be able to become more independent of the centralized energy system. ~ 60 > “This year at the UN climate conference at the Ukrainian stand was just presented The panel from a solar power plant damaged during one of the Russian missile attacks, ”says Anna Zhovtenko. – Why did it put it there ? to demonstrate it – it was dismantled after damage and replaced with a new one in just one day. This shows the possibilities of distributed generation – how quickly it can be restored. This is definitely one of the ways to make more persistent and energetically independent communal and other objects of the country. In addition to installation with solar panels, there was another very good project at the Ukrainian stand – “honey from minefields”, developed by the Ukrainian creative agency. He talked about the problem of mined territories (and this is for decades). Some territories are completely unsuitable for use, but still I would like to at least somehow use them. And Ukraine showed – how. With the help of drones, the mined fields were sown with multi -track, flowering crops. Right nearby, in a small demolished area, they placed evidence with bees, which all summer collected pollen from mined fields and made honey. This honey, as I know, treated partners so that they could evaluate the creativity and stamina of our country, ”summarizes Anna. & Amp; nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 62 ~