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The Agro-Region Group of Companies celebrates two years since the launch of its first solar power plant. Today, three facilities with a total capacity of 142 kW are in operation, each demonstrating its own strengths in terms of efficiency, payback period, and technical approach. The company’s Chief Power Engineer, Maksym Rudniev, shared the results.

“All three stations turned out to be different — in capacity, configuration, and operation approach. But each of them is efficient in its own way,” he noted.

 

Thanks to the use of solar power plants, Agro-Region now covers from 25% to 50% of its annual electricity consumption, depending on the facility and season. The Kyiv cluster office shows the highest level of autonomy — on average 35% per year and up to 50% during the sunny period (May–August).

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“This means that half of all the electricity consumed by the office is generated by the solar plant,” adds Rudniev.

 

Notably, the station that generated over 61,500 kWh last year has already reached 74,364 kWh in 2025, confirming the positive trend in project performance.

The company has also successfully implemented a battery storage system at the Myropol elevator. Thanks to this hybrid setup, average energy autonomy is 30%, and in the summer period — up to 44%.

“We conducted a real test — completely disconnected the power supply, and the office continued to operate thanks to the battery. Everything worked perfectly,” says the Chief Power Engineer.

The Boryspil elevator solar station provides about 25% of annual consumption, and up to 33% during peak generation months.

Agro-Region continues to move forward in the field of renewable energy. One of the next steps is to connect its solar plants to the national grid to sell surplus electricity under the Net Billing system.

“It’s a new model for Ukraine, and there’s still no well-established mechanism for its implementation, but we’re actively working on it. We already have a clear action plan. We sell our surplus electricity to our current supplier at a discounted rate and receive a discount on the electricity we consume in return. This allows us to reduce costs automatically,” explains Rudniev.

Through this mechanism, the company plans to install additional generation and storage facilities in the future and sell electricity during peak demand hours — thus increasing the overall economic efficiency of its investments.