Ukrainian homeowners are using solar panels to prepare for a bitterly cold winter

Ukrainian homeowners are plugging themselves into the photovoltaics grid to harvest the sun's rays and ward off Russian-triggered power blackouts.

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00:00Over 50 percent of Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been destroyed since Russia's 2022 full-scale

00:06invasion.

00:07But instead of surrendering to the dark, Ukrainians have turned towards solar to prevent potential

00:12power outages.

00:13The head of Ukraine's Energy Efficiency Fund explains how the agency is helping keep the

00:18lights on during wartime.

00:19We will be honest, the primary goal of this program, right now, is to give people the

00:26opportunity to have a difficult winter period, to provide for their lives in their homes.

00:33This is the primary goal of this program.

00:36The second goal is to implement the Green Transition, to generate energy from clean

00:41sources, so to speak.

00:43This is the goal, but this problem will also be solved by the program.

00:49The agency provides homeowners grants to improve their energy efficiency while paying up to

00:5570 percent of the costs associated with financing photovoltaic equipment.