- DTEK renewable plants are down due to grid damage
- According to DTEK, the six wind and solar parks have a combined capacity of 1 GW.
- The Ukrainian energy market synchronizes with the European energy market.
DTEK, a Ukrainian energy company, said on Saturday that its renewable energy plants are currently unable to supply electricity to the grid due to damage to overhead lines, but other facilities are assisting in maintaining the energy system’s continuity during the country’s invasion by Russian armed forces. DTEK said at a press conference on Saturday that 15 of its thermal power plants (TPP) were operational, and 21 were in reserve. However, due to hostilities in the city of Shchastia, only the Luganska TPP has ceased operations. All of the company’s mines were also operating normally.
The company’s renewable energy assets in the Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk regions have not been producing electricity for some time, according to DTEK, with the Botievskaya, Orlovskaya, and Primorskaya wind farms completely de-energized and disconnected from their 150-kV overhead line as a result of the hostilities. However, after the necessary repairs are completed, the company expects to resume operations in a few days.
At the same time, the solar power plants at Trifonovskaya, Nikopolskaya, and Pokrovskaya were not damaged and were operating normally as of Saturday but without feeding electricity into the grid. According to DTEK, system operator NPC Ukrenergo has imposed renewables restrictions “to ensure the stability and balancing of Ukraine’s energy system.”
According to the company’s website, the six wind and solar parks have a combined capacity of 1 GW. Since the beginning of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the Ukrainian energy system has been isolated. However, it is completing technical checks to synchronize with the European energy market. Only employees who are critical to the operation of power plants remain on-site, according to DTEK, while the rest work remotely.