War has reshaped Ukraine’s energy priorities. It’s shown that distributed renewables are not only cleaner, but vital for resilience.
In a recent Financial Times article by Pilita Clark, DTEK Chief Sustainability Officer Jeff Oatham explained how the war has accelerated our shift away from coal.
Speaking at COP in Belém, he summed it up: "A coal power station was a large single target that a single missile could take out. You would need around 40 missiles to do the equivalent amount of capacity damage at a wind farm."
This thinking drives our work today – from our partnership with the UK's Octopus Energy to bring rooftop solar and battery storage systems to Ukrainian businesses and public sector organisations, to pressing ahead with a new wind farm built near the Black Sea coast that will become one of the largest in Eastern Europe when completed next year, alongside a 200 MW of battery storage.
Despite challenges, we continue to build an energy system that can withstand a war now and power Ukraine’s sustainable energy future.
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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 more than 26 million consumers in 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.