12.04.2025 High-level delegation visited Chornobyl NPP and the Exclusion zone: The Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to Ukraine.
A significant part of the working visit was devoted to the opening of a photovoltaic power plant in Chornobyl town, which is ready for commissioning and connected to the unified energy system of Ukraine. In total, it consists of 2244 monocrystalline solar modules on an area of 13 thousand square meters. The plant's capacity is 762 kWh of clean energy, which will be used to meet partially needs of Chornobyl town, the facilities of the SSE CSE.
The construction was funded by the Government of Spain for greenhouse gas emission quotas under the Kyoto Protocol. Therefore, in addition to Minister of the Ministry of Environment Protection Svitlana Hrynchuk, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Lytvynenko and Head of SAUEZM Hryhorii Ishchenko, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to Ukraine Ricardo Lopez-Aranda Jagu took part in the opening ceremony.
According to Svitlana Hrynchuk, the plant is a success that continues the ambitious plan to develop renewable energy in the Exclusion zone. And most importantly, “green” generation in Chornobyl is an opportunity to transform the territory of the past tragedy into a center of clean energy generation and sustainable development.
During the visit at the Chornobyl NPP, the high-ranking officials also visited the first 1 MW solar power plant, “Solar Chornobyl”, located at the Chornobyl NPP industrial site and commissioned in 2018.
In addition, government officials inspected the place where a russian UAV hit the NSC Arch, familiarized with the work progress on elimination of the enemy attack consequences, inspected other plant’s facilities and held a working meeting.
As a reminder, Ukraine, with the participation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), is currently taking urgent temporary measures to mitigate the negative consequences of the UAV hitting the NSC Arch structure.
