Ukraine Launches REZOMA Platform to Identify the Best Locations for Renewable Energy Projects

Ukraine has taken another important step toward accelerating renewable energy development through digitalization. The Ministry of Energy, together with Danish partners, has launched the REZOMA online platform in a pilot phase—a digital mapping tool designed to identify the most promising locations for renewable energy projects.

The platform enables developers and investors to evaluate the potential of future projects during the site selection stage, helping reduce the time and effort required to make informed investment decisions.

Why Site Selection Matters

For both solar and wind projects, choosing the right location is one of the most critical factors determining long-term success.

Even the most advanced technologies cannot deliver optimal performance if a project is built in an area with insufficient renewable resources or limited grid access.

As a result, developers typically invest significant time and resources in assessing solar irradiation, wind resources, existing grid infrastructure, and interconnection opportunities before moving forward with a project.

REZOMA is designed to simplify this process by bringing key datasets together within a single digital platform.

What REZOMA Offers

The platform provides a comprehensive assessment of a site’s suitability for renewable energy development.

Users can analyze:

solar resource potential,
wind resource availability,
proximity to transmission lines and substations,
infrastructure constraints,
other technical and geographic factors that influence project feasibility and economics.

In practice, REZOMA creates a centralized information environment that allows developers to identify promising locations for wind and solar projects more efficiently.

Why It Matters Now

Following extensive damage to Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, the country is actively transitioning toward a more decentralized energy system.

Renewable energy is expected to play a central role in strengthening energy security, improving system resilience, and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. The Ministry of Energy has repeatedly emphasized the importance of expanding renewable generation while attracting new private investment into the sector.

In this environment, access to reliable, high-quality data becomes increasingly valuable.

Investors seek to reduce project risk and shorten development timelines, while local communities aim to attract projects that create jobs, stimulate economic activity, and generate additional tax revenues.

Benefits for Investors and Local Communities

REZOMA has the potential to become an important catalyst for accelerating renewable energy development in Ukraine.

For investors, the platform offers:

faster identification of suitable project sites,
lower pre-development assessment costs,
quicker evaluation of project feasibility,
reduced investment risk.

For local communities, it creates new opportunities to attract investment and support regional economic development. Greater transparency enables developers to identify viable locations more quickly and move projects toward implementation.

Digitalization Is Becoming the New Standard

Around the world, geospatial data platforms and digital planning tools have become standard practice for renewable energy development.

Ukraine is increasingly adopting these approaches as part of the modernization of its energy sector.

The launch of REZOMA reflects a broader shift away from fragmented information sources toward an integrated digital ecosystem where essential project data is available in one place. This is particularly important as Ukraine prepares for large-scale reconstruction, when the speed of project development will be a key driver of economic recovery.

Although REZOMA is currently operating in a pilot phase, it already represents a valuable resource for developers, investors, local governments, and other stakeholders seeking new opportunities in Ukraine’s rapidly evolving renewable energy market.