russia targeted DTEK power plants and grid operations in a massive attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure early on Sunday, 17th November, causing severe damage.
DTEK initiated an emergency shutdown of power in Odesa region after one of the most intense attacks against the region in recent times.
Sunday's attacks are the eighth wave of strikes against DTEK's generation facilities this year and the 10th against the wider energy system in 2024. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, DTEK entirely civilian thermal power plants have been attacked over 190 times.
Early on Sunday, russia fired around 120 missiles and 90 drones, with air defence forces destroying over 140 aerial targets, according to the Ukrainian Government.
DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko on his LinkedIn:
- DTEK marks 1,000 days of war
As Ukraine marked 1,000 days since russia's full-scale invasion on 24th February 2022, DTEK honours Roman, a mining foreman who worked for 18 years at DTEK Energy, and every one of the 324 DTEK employees who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.
- COP29: DTEK exploring new opportunities for Ukraine's decarbonised and resilient energy sector
For the third year in a row DTEK supported the Ukrainian pavilion at UN Climate Conference (COP). During a visit to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, DTEK engaged actively in numerous events and negotiations centred on vital energy issues. These included exploring pathways to decarbonise Ukraine's energy sector, securing funding for renewable energy projects, and advancing the development of a modern, innovative energy industry already now without waiting.
On November 14th, DTEK CEO spoke at:
- UN Global Compact event “Powering Ukraine’s future: financing breakthrough in energy reconstruction” together with other speakers: Geoffrey Pyatt (Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources , U.S. Department of State), Roger Martella (Chief Sustainability Officer, GE Vernova), Anna Zamazeeva (Head of the State Energy Efficiency Agency of Ukraine) and Tetiana Sakharuk (UN Global Compact Ukraine – moderator).
- DG NEAR event “Shifting gears: navigating the roadblocks to accelerated renewable energy development in Eastern Partnership countries” together with other speakers: Svitlana Grynchuk (Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine), Gert Jan Koopman (European Commission, Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations) and others.
Jeff Oatham, DTEK Chief Sustainability Officer, on his LinkedIn:
Featured in international media
- The Associated Press | Ukraine has seen success in building clean energy, which is harder for Russia to destroy
- Semafor | To resist China and Russia, Biden official urges Trump to back clean energy in Ukraine
- CNBC | DTEK CEO on Ukraine's energy future and climate resilience amid war - video
- The Wall Street Journal | Inside Ukraine’s quest to keep the lights on as winter descends
- Latitude Media | Why a decentralized grid is central to Ukraine's efforts to rebuild
- Euronews | Ruined plants, energy heroes and dark hospitals: Ukraine’s fight for light as winter looms
