Profitability, Decentralization, and Bankability: Practical Guidelines for Ukraine's BESS Market

18.09.2026

The expansion of the battery energy storage systems (BESS) sector in Ukraine is shifting toward technical engineering models, cash-flow projections, and commercial bank financing. During the forum “Energy of Freedom: Resilience and New Opportunities for the Energy Storage Market in Ukraine”, organized by the Energy Club business community in partnership with Temperi Logistics Ltd, market leaders outlined practical business models and bankability criteria for storage assets.

Organizer: Energy Club

Forum Partner: Temperi Logistics Ltd

Panel 1. Strategy, Investments, and Business Models: Making BESS Profitable in Ukraine. Moderator: Valerii Bezus, Vice President of Energy Club. Speakers analyzed revenue stacking across ancillary services, the balancing market, wholesale price arbitrage, and industrial peak shaving:

• Andriy Kobolyev, Founder of Eney
• Yuriy Podolyak, CEO of IKNET
• Vitaliy Shevchenko, CEO of Panorama Group, Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Association of Energy Service Companies
• Olga Romaniuk, Commercial Director of CPG Energy
• Serhiy Harmashev, Head of Energo Group
• Vitaliy Khrypun, Head of Direct Sales at Solar Stalconconstruct
• Illia Chaban, Director of the Energy Division at EDS Engineering and Investment Group

Panel 2. “Bankable” Project: Financing, Legal Structuring, and Technical Implementation. Moderator: Artem Martyniuk, Vice President of Energy Club, Acting Director General of Ukrainian Distribution Networks JSC (2023–2025). Panelists examined corporate lending standards, legal interconnection pathways, and project risk mitigation:

• Pavlo Prytyko, Director of the Department for Work with Medium-Sized Corporate Clients at FUIB
• Denys Samchuk, Deputy Head of the Sales Department of SME at Oschadbank
• Maksym Fedotov, Attorney, CEO and Founder of FEDOTOV&PARTNERS
• Dmytro Olefir, Deputy Director for Strategic Development at NVP Energo-Plus LLC
• Vitalii Nykolaienko, CEO of Voltage Group
• Maxym Rybintsov, Technical Director at Livoltek

Full panel presentations, financial evaluations, and technical Q&A sessions: