Preference will be given to projects presented with a proof of concept in eleven areas: coal production and coal bend, oil and gas, logistics, power generation and renewable power sources, distribution and clients, personnel, corporate responsibility and environmental protection, occupational health and safety.
The project’s judging panel will select ten participants for a three-month training program including access to DTEK’s resources and production facilities, mentoring from the company’s key specialists, 250+ academic hours of theory and practice with the participation of more than thirty Ukrainian and international lecturers.
The project finalists will also have the opportunity to launch their projects commercially in partnership with DTEK.
‘We are inviting startups that seek to provide solutions related to logistics, clients, personnel safety, and other issues in addition to energy. We are also ready for cooperation with construction design offices, institutes, experienced producing companies and inventors that can present projects complete with prototypes,’ said Max Yakover, co-founder and director of Radar Tech. ‘Corporate catalyst has advantages: we are providing training and live interaction with the top executives, making it possible to test your concept at a large facility, and most importantly offering a chance to conclude a big contract with the company – without charging anything for that.’
‘The Ukrainian energy sector has entered the stage of reforming and integration into the European system. Over the next few years it must finish its transformation from the cumbersome post-Soviet industry into a high-tech competitive market. Being the leader in the Ukrainian energy development, DTEK is creating new projects in wind and solar power generation, energy services, and electric vehicle infrastructure. We are massively investing in new solutions in automation, digitalization and customer services. This joint project with Radar Tech continues our search for original ideas that would give new momentum to energy development and benefit people,’ said Aleksandr Kucherenko, HR Director at DTEK.
DTEK Group is the largest private investor in Ukraine’s energy sector, with 55,000 employees and over €12 billion of capital invested since 2005.
Our businesses generate electricity at wind, solar and thermal power plants; distribute and supply power to end consumers; extract natural gas and coal; trade energy resources on Ukrainian and foreign markets; and provide domestic and commercial energy services.
Over the last 20 years, DTEK has grown into a national energy leader and is today transforming into a pan-European clean energy business.
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, DTEK Group has restored power to millions of consumers across regions affected by hostilities.
DTEK Group is 100% owned by SCM Holdings. The ultimate beneficiary and sole shareholder is Rinat Akhmetov, a businessman and philanthropist.