Energy Storage Lead DTEK to speak at Energy Storage Summit Central Eastern Europe

Energy Storage Lead DTEK Vadym Utkin will join the Energy Storage Summit Central Eastern Europe in Warsaw, Poland on 26-27 September. Energy Storage Summit Central Eastern Europe will explore themes including investment opportunities for storage, appetite from international vs. local developers and investors, the growing regulatory support from governments, how energy storage can support the grid, its role in energy security, and case studies from across the region. Participants include investors, developers, utilities, network operators, technology providers, EPCs, consultants, and law firms.

Vadym Utkin will speak at the «Energy Storage in Ukraine» panel discussions of the Energy Storage Conference.

This panel will focus on the following topics:

What are the main challenges around procuring energy storage in Ukraine?
The impact of the lack of long-term contracts for storage and how these will make projects more bankable.
Ideas for cross-border ancillary services.
Development of energy storage projects in Ukraine.

The discussion will take place on September 26 at 15:35.

BACKGROUND

DTEK Group is the leader and the biggest private investor in Ukraine’s energy sector. DTEK Group employs 55,000 people. Our companies are involved in coal and natural gas extraction; electricity generation from wind, solar, and thermal power plants; energy resources trading in local and international markets; distributing and supplying electricity to consumers; providing energy efficiency services to customers; and developing high-speed charging station networks.

Our Strategy 2030 commits DTEK Group to transforming into a more efficient, eco-friendly and technologically advanced business, guided by ESG principles. Our goal is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.

During the war, DTEK Group has restored power-supply more that 8 million customers in the regions affected by russian hostilities.