TIME, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Irish Times, New York Post and others have highlighted DTEK's role in maintaining Ukraine's energy system under constant attacks and its strategic shift towards decentralised energy solutions.
- TIME100 Climate: Maxim Timchenko recognised among global leaders
TIME has named DTEK CEO, Maxim Timchenko, to the 2025 TIME100 Climate list, recognising his leadership in transforming Ukraine’s largest private energy company. The publication highlights DTEK’s investment in renewables and battery storage, including Ukraine's largest wind farm and one of the biggest battery energy storage projects in Eastern Europe.
"Energy transition and energy security are not competing priorities. They work together.”, said Timchenko. “Four terrible years of full-scale war with russia has taught us just how vulnerable conventional energy systems can be."
- Bloomberg: Battery storage powering Ukraine’s resilience
In its article, Bloomberg highlighted DTEK’s battery storage installations near Kyiv. Oleksandr Selyshchev, CEO of DTEK Renewables, presented 70 Fluence battery cubes, which is a part of six nationwide sites totalling 200 MW of capacity. Fully operational ahead of the heating season, the systems are aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s grid stability amid disruptions due to attacks.
- Reuters: Ukraine resumes gas imports via Transbalkan route
Reuters reported that D.Trading, DTEK’s trading arm, has booked capacity to import gas from Greece to Ukraine via the Transbalkan pipeline with a daily amount of 0.6 million cubic metres.
- The Irish Times: Defending Ukraine’s power grid under fire
The Irish Times covered Ukraine's efforts to restore its power grid and bolster air defences.
DTEK CEO, Maxim Timchenko, said: "Based on the intensity of attacks for the past two months, it is clear Russia is aiming for the complete destruction of Ukraine's energy system. We call on Ukraine's allies to defeat them by ramping up supplies of replacement energy equipment, emergency funding to rebuild power stations and rapidly reinforcing Ukraine's air defences."
- Bloomberg & New York Post: Massive attacks target DTEK facilities
Bloomberg and New York Post reported on a large-scale russian attacks with more than 650 drones and over 50 missiles that seriously damaged DTEK’s thermal power plants. DTEK CEO, Maxim Timchenko, described the strikes as “a bad blow in our efforts to keep power flowing this winter. Based on the intensity of attacks for the past two months, it is clear Russia is aiming for the complete destruction of Ukraine's energy system."
