Kyiv Polytechnic Institute aims to create cogeneration plants to minimize energy costs

The relevant statement was made by Rector of the National Technical University of Ukraine ‘Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute’ Anatolii Melnychenko in an interview with Ukrinform.

“We are working on a project to install cogeneration plants that allow us to simultaneously produce thermal energy for heating buildings and generate electricity. It is important for us to confirm that we, as a leading technical university, can respond to the challenges of the time,” Melnychenko told.

In his words, energy saving and energy efficiency are part of the University’s Development Strategy, which was endorsed in December 2024.

“Our task is to look for ways to diversify energy risks so that the educational process remains uninterrupted. We have also installed solar panels for the library with sponsorship funds. This is extremely important, because we have an electronic archive (about 67 thousand units of publications). Access to the servers on which the electronic repository is located must be uninterrupted. By the way, everything that the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute publishes now is in electronic form. In addition, the library stores more than 2 million printed copies,” Melnychenko explained.

Recently, the university has launched a second autonomous solar power plant, which is capable of powering the Center for Collective Use of Scientific Equipment. Another solar power plant is expected to be installed in one more building of the Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering with funds from international scientific projects.

A reminder that the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) and the National Technical University of Ukraine ‘Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute’ signed a memorandum of cooperation, allowing IT students to undertake an internship at the agency.