Ukrainian presentation of SolarTown energy cooperative and business opportunity it provides for small investors in Ukraine and beyond https://solartown.com.ua/

1. Your Investment
Opportunity
at Ukraine’s booming
renewable energy market

2. So, what it is, actually?
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SolarTown is a project to build a solar powerplant
earning money from Ukraine’s attractive “green
tariff” (feed-in tariff)
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The powerplant will be owned by cooperative
which is now attracting new members who are at
the same time its investors
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SolarTown while being a commercial project is at
the same time gives back to friendly community
of Slavutych

3. Democratic level of minimal
contribution — starting from
UAH 15 000 (~$ 600, € 550)
DPP (Discounted Payback
Period) of 7 years. Median
profitability of 75,5 %
What About Financials?
Every $1000 invested
returns annual income of
$139 (after tax) up to 2030
EBITDA margin — 80 %
IRR — 11 %
ROE — 13,9
Project CAPEX) equals
€ 175 513 ($ 193 955)
The feed-in tariff in (€ 0,163
per kWh) is legislatively tied
to EUR exchange rate

4. Financial Details
Parameter Unit Value
CAPEX EUR 175 513
EBITDA EUR 289 426
EBITDA margin % 80,45%
Equity before
distribution
EUR 271 851
Profitability % 75,56%
ROE % 15,5%
NCF EUR €111 563,18
EUR 13 593
NPV (d.rate 4%) EUR €235 213,98
IRR % 11%
DPP (d.rate 4%) years €7,00

5. Why Slavutych?
Why the town of nuclear
engineers was chosen for a solar
poweplant

6. Slavutych
Slavutych?

7. 
Slavutych is the youngest among Ukrainian cities built
after 1986 to accomodate Chornobyl NPP engineers
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25 000 inhabitant city is rich with high-quality electric
engineers giving an advantage of highly skilled workforce
during the solar powerplant construction and testing
phase
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While georgaphically located at northmost Chernihiv
oblast (region), Slavutych is administratively a part of Kyiv
oblast
Slavutych?

8. 
Slavutych is the youngest among Ukrainian cities built
after 1986 to accomodate Chornobyl NPP engineers

25 000 inhabitant city is rich with high-quality electric
engineers giving an advantage of highly skilled workforce
during the solar powerplant construction and testing
phase

While georgaphically located at northmost Chernihiv
oblast (region), Slavutych is administratively a part of Kyiv
oblast
Slavutych?

9. 
The team of «Solar Town» believes that giving back to community
is a right thing to do
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Slavutych is a town that needs to re-invent itself and it is looking
for new business models and coomunity leaders looking for more
of self-reliance spirit
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«Solar Town» commited itself to give away 5% of its pure annual
income for city improvement projects. This is not just a
commitment — it is a part of the statute
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While being a commercial project, it is also a social impact project
Beyond financials

10. Technical Details
Screenshot from Helioscope software for preliminary modelling of solar powerplant in Slavutych

11. Technical Details
The easily-mountable technical solution was selected to be installed on the roofs of Slavutych

12. The team of «Solar Town» have developed the project to the stage where it has all the
necessary permits and is ready to be implemented
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The cooperative is officially registered according to Ukrainian law
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Communal enterprise «Agency of Regional Development» have joined the cooperative
to represent the city of Slavutych
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The cooperative team selected the town-owned roofs that are fit for solar powerplant
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The technical capacities of buildings to carry the additional load of solar powerplant
was calculated according to Ukrainian regulations
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The rent agreements for 3 municipal roofs was signed with the representatives of the
city of Slavutych
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The insurance for city roofs rented by coop is established
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The cooperative obained a grid connection agreement from the local utility
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Commercial proposals and agreements from hardware vendors and services providers
are obtained
Where the project is now?

13. Currently the project team is focused on the following tasks:
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Project design works. A company of Kyiv-based PDM
Engineering company is performing technical design of the
solar powerplant. When it is ready — the coop is legally ready to
build
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Equity Crowdfunding. The cooperative is attracting new
members/investors to complete the financing of the powerplant
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Permits and licensing. We are prepairing documents for permits
and licenses needed to launch the project soon
Where the project is now?

14. Head of project tech Viktor
Khomenko and a repre-
sentative of construction
contractor perfroming the
technical check of the roofs
where the SolarTown
powerplant will be located.
We are getting ready to start
the construction process as
the hardware gets shipped
into place.
Where the project is now?

15. People making it happen
Andriy Zinchenko
Head of the coop
Volovymyr Zhygallo
Co-founder
Oleksii Mykhailenko
Co-founder
Agency of Regional
Development
Member
An expert in promotion
of renewable energy as
a co-founder of NGO
“greencubator” Andriy
has been working on
popularizing energy
coops ad distributed
generation in Ukraine
Since 2014
A professional with over
4 decades of experience
in energy sector, public
authorities and town
management,
Volodymyr is among
those making it happen
In Slavutych
Professional economist
working in clean energy
sphere and, co-founder
of “Clean Energy Lab”.
Oleksii knows how to
couple the need for
cleaner and more
affordable energy
with market models
A communal enterprise
of Slavutych working
on new city projects
as well as managing
town’s buildings

16. People making it happen
Viktor Khomenko
Head of the tech
Yuri Fomichev
Mayor of
Slavutych
Ivan Bondarchuk
Lawyer
A true energy engineer,
Viktor is the tech heart
of the whole project.
Everything related to
tech starting from the
feasibility studies
to dealing with hardware
suppliers is brilliantly
handled by Viktor
A professional in energy
and civil construction
and engineering, Yuriy
Fomichev was able
to immediately identify
the prospects of
launching “Solar Town”
In Slavutych. Helps with
advise, inspiration,
local support
One of the most promi-
sing young Ukrainian
lawyers in the sphere
of energy law with US
Master’s degre, Ivan
designed the backbone
of Solar Town’s
the legal algorithms

17. Thank you for attention!
We will be happy to
answer your questions
solartown.com.ua
azinchenko@solartown.com.ua