In an article covering Ukraine's grid preparation for another winter of war, Spiegel International quoted DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko.
His key messages:
- "We took measures to protect the grid after the invasion, but we didn't expect attacks on this scale."
- "We are much better prepared this year." His company's goal was to restore all losses on the electricity grid from the previous year, which it has managed to accomplish. The imperative is to protect them to the degree possible with expanded air defences, physical protection measures, and ample spare parts.
- "We used our resources to build 114 megawatts of renewables supply at a cost of 200 million euros".
- "To reach 500 megawatts, we would need another 400 million euros. For that, though, we would need support, which we are not currently getting."
- An important step would be decentralizing the energy grid with renewable energies. "One missile can destroy 300 megawatts of our thermal energy production, but not 50 wind turbines with the same output."
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