DTEK Energy Company has announced a large-scale investment of €140 million to build a 200 MW energy storage system. The project is aimed at ensuring the stability and security of the country’s energy system and facilitating the transition to green energy. This was reported by the press service of DTEK, according to Komersant ukrainskyi
These systems are expected to be an important step in the development of the country’s energy infrastructure and open up opportunities for creating new balancing capacities.
“The batteries will be commissioned no later than September 2025 and will start providing ancillary services to NPC Ukrenergo. We are talking about a number of facilities geographically distributed across Ukraine. on 22 August, DTEK Group companies, together with other energy industry players, won a competitive auction held by NPC Ukrenergo for the provision of ancillary services,”
– the company said in a statement.
The company noted that they had become a participant in the construction of Poland’s first major electricity storage project, which aims to create a pan-European energy system designed to unite Ukraine and the EU.
“DTEK was the first company in Ukraine to start building energy storage systems back in 2021 and actually opened this market in Ukraine. Our priority remains unchanged – the development of green energy in Ukraine, the accelerated integration of our energy system into Europe and the enhancement of our country’s energy security,”
– said DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko.
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Situation in the Ukrainian energy sector
on 29 March 2024, Russia resumed its attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector with the most massive shelling in the history of the full-scale war. In particular, DniproHES and other Ukrainian energy facilities were hit. Since then, Russia has been regularly shelling Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
For example, the Russians destroyed the Trypillia and Zmiiv thermal power plants, causing Centrenergo to lose 100% of its generation. Also,5 of DTEK’s 6 thermal power plants were severely damaged .
After that, power outages began again in Ukraine, Ukrenergo introduced blackout schedules, and the government raised electricity tariffs by 60% at once.
At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to build two new units at the Khmelnytsky NPP and has already received the approval of the relevant parliamentary committee. The Razumkov Centre has criticised these plans, but some experts believe that only traitors or scoundrels are against the construction of nuclear power plants today.
Russia launched another massive attack on the Ukrainian energy sector on 26 August. This time, they attacked the distribution and electricity supply systems, and also hit the Kyiv hydroelectric power station.
Some experts believe that the blackouts could last until spring. The National Security and Defence Council’s Disinformation Countermeasures Centre recently voiced a worst-case scenario that envisages blackouts of up to 20 hours a day.