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The #FightforLight starts now
Ukraine’s energy system is in a race against time. With power, we have food and clean water, warm homes, connectivity, jobs, transport and information. By systematically attacking Ukraine’s energy assets, russia is trying to destroy our whole way of life. To cast our democracy into darkness this winter.
DTEK is Ukraine’s largest private energy supplier, responsible for around a quarter of the country’s energy needs. We need to finance and source equipment, place orders, and transport and install thousands of tonnes of equipment - all before October. If we fail, we risk rolling blackouts and a humanitarian crisis when winter arrives.
We are on a critical path to prepare
Ukraine for the winter season
Ukraine for the winter season
Countdown to the winter season (October 10):
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Today
power capacity reduced by the largest attacks on our infrastructure since the full-scale invasion began
Summer
increased power demand and reduced capacity due to infrastructure maintenance in the high heat
Winter
sharp spike in power demand as the winter heating season begins
In pictures: russia’s brutal attacks
on Ukraine’s energy system
on Ukraine’s energy system
DTEK image of destruction caused by russian attacks against DTEK power station in March 2024
DTEK image of destruction caused by russian attacks against DTEK power station in March 2024
DTEK image of destruction caused by russian attacks against DTEK power station in March 2024
DTEK image of destruction caused by russian attacks against DTEK power station in March 2024
DTEK image of destruction caused by russian attacks against DTEK power station in March 2024
DTEK image of destruction caused by russian attacks against DTEK power station in March 2024
Key facts
80%
DTEK generating capacity lost
2.4GW
Amount of DTEK capacity we need to restore before winter
$230m
Funds DTEK needs to buy replacement equipment to restore power stations
$120m
Funds DTEK require to carry out repair work
MESSAGE FROM
DTEK CEO
MAXIM TIMCHENKO
DTEK CEO
MAXIM TIMCHENKO
russia is seeking to strangle Ukraine’s energy system, in particular Ukraine’s thermal and hydro power stations. These play a key function in balancing the grid and meeting consumption during the morning and evening peaks.
“DTEK teams are working around the clock to repair and restore as quickly as possible and we are appealing for urgent access to new or used generators, turbines, power unit control systems, transformers and auto-transformers, worth around $230 mln. We aim to restore around half our pre-March capacity within four months.
WHAT'S NEEDED NOW:
Transformers
Quantity - 21
Auxiliary, power, auto, strat up/back up, excitation
Control systems
Quantity - 3
With turbine control, excitation
Elegas circuit breakers
Quantity - 27
150 kV to 420 kV
Disconnectors
Quantity - 27
110 kV to 330 kV
Generators
4 х 300 MW
2 х 200 MW
Turbines
2 х 300 MW
1 х 200 MW
We are also asking for financial support
Restoring DTEK’s power generating capacity will cost $230 mln in equipment and $120
to carry out the work.
FOR THE FUTURE
We are building a secure energy future for Ukraine and for Europe. As well as being Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK is also the country’s biggest investor in renewables. For example, the 114 MW Tyligulska wind power plant is the largest private energy investment in Ukraine since the country gained independence.
We are working with Denmark’s Vestas to more than quadruple its capacity over the next two years. And we are also on track to establish the group as a truly pan-European renewable energy provider, with two projects in Romania already generating power (and helping flow power back to Ukraine) and new projects in the works in Croatia, Romania and Poland. To unlock the potential of Ukraine as a green energy hub powering Europe, we need partners and investors to join with us on new wind, solar and battery storage ventures, both within Ukraine and beyond.
