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It’s our job to bring light to people, doing the impossible – DTEK for Financial Times

10 January 2023, Ukraine
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It’s our job to bring light to people, doing the impossible – DTEK for Financial Times
It’s our job to bring light to people, doing the impossible – DTEK for Financial Times
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The Financial Times spoke with Ukrainian energy workers who are continuously fighting on the energy front and bringing back the light and heat to Ukrainians.

  • “I’ve got all my team ready within one phone call, they are Marvel superheroes,” said the maintenance engineer at DTEK. “It’s our job to bring light to people, doing the impossible.” 
  • “All the equipment is located in the open air, so it’s quite easy to hit,” said Maxim Timchenko, DTEK’s chief executive. 

If there is a direct hit, there is no chance the equipment can be saved.

  • “The electricity grid is like a body: everything is interconnected and if one part is damaged it is felt everywhere,” Touinda said. “I am not afraid, but it is getting harder to deal with all the damage.”

It’s our job to bring light to people, doing the impossible – DTEK for Financial Times

What is Ukraine’s strategy for protecting power system - read the full article Financial Times.

 

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.