Meet the energy lawyer bringing renewables aid to Ukraine
Kelvin Ross
Posted on: 1 February 2023
Yuliana Onishchuk tells Kelvin Ross about her Ukraine-based charity that delivers solar and storage solutions to schools and hospitals.
Kyiv-based charity delivers solar and storage solutions to schools and hospitals
Yuliana Onishchuk was working for Ukraine’s electricity company DTEK Grids when Russian forces invaded her country.
And at that point, she made “the most obvious decision of my life”.
The decision she made was to launch a foundation to bring solar and storage solutions to vital parts of the country’s infrastructure such as schools and hospitals.
Now, almost a year later, the Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation which she founded has supplied a school with renewable off-grid power and given vital equipment to 10 hospitals and five field hospitals.
Watch my interview with her to hear more about the foundation’s work, and also the “intense pressure” of operating a business in Kyiv while the city is under attack.
Read more about the energy challenges in Ukraine:
Lack of private sector funding halts Ukraine’s energy system repairs – DTEK
Why Ukraine’s renewables potential will make it an energy transition ally
Watch more Connect Interviews:
The challenges of balancing the energy trilemma
How the Port of Rotterdam is enabling the energy transition with hydrogen
