Kness Energy is building a solar panel plant in Vinnytsia, the company’s base.

Kness Energy is building a solar panel plant in Vinnytsia, the company’s base. By next year, the plant is to employ 400 people producing 200 MW of panels, worth $180 million, the State Agency for Energy Conservation reports. A second 200 MW expansion is to follow in 2020. In recent years, the Kness group has installed 33 solar power plants with a total capacity of 225 MW in seven regions of Ukraine. In March, Enhol, a Spanish energy company, opened a 15 MW solar power panel plant in Enerhodar, southern Zaporizhia region.