According to him, this is almost exactly as much as the South Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant produces. For comparison, even in severe frosts at temperatures of 10–15 °C, Kyiv consumes approximately 2 GW, that is, 1 GW less than the potential amount of capacity that owners of home and business charging stations already have.
As Yakovenko said, during normal periods, stations with a capacity of 256–1000 W/hour for households are in greatest demand, and during blackouts, more powerful solutions designed for 1000–2000 W/hour are in greatest demand. Businesses, in turn, choose large energy-independent systems up to 90 kW/h, often in combination with generators, primarily for critical infrastructure and the IT sector.
The backup power market has shown steady growth since 2021, and the first sharp peak in demand occurred in October 2022. Now, despite unchanged basic producer prices, speculators have become more active in the market. Equipment is quickly purchased and resold at a large markup. Additionally, the cost is affected by product shortages and expensive air logistics, which can increase the price by 20–30%.
The most popular charging stations remain in the price segment of 20–30 thousand UAH, but during the crisis the demand for more expensive models costing 50–80 thousand UAH sharply increases, the businessman said.
