In 2023, DTEK Grids Distribution System Operators connected over 1,100 new renewable energy facilities
After russia’s attacks on the energy system in 2022-2023, importance of small independent renewable energy facilities increased tremendously. Having as much solar and wind power plants as possible will contribute to more energy independent and flexible Ukrainian energy system. DTEK Grids helps create conditions in Ukraine for the growth in independent renewables – company’s distribution system operators connect such facilities to the grid. Each new connected green generation facility is a contribution to the passing of difficult winter and transformation of Ukrainian energy industry in the nearest future.
“According to the government plan for the Ukrainian energy industry transformation, capacity of solar and wind power plants in Ukraine should increase significantly by 2050. Increasing volumes of green generation is possible because thousands of Ukrainian businesses and households install solar panels and wind turbines at their facilities, while Distribution System Operators connect it to the grids. Therefore, the grids must be physically ready for it considering the increased load on them. Infrastructure of the grids must ensure integration of renewables and create conditions for development of prosumers*,” - underscored DTEK Grids CEO Oleksandr Fomenko. –This significantly changes the role of the grids. Its infrastructure requires large-scale modernization and constant improvement. This is the path the world is taking, and DTEK Grids Distribution System Operators are taking this path in Ukraine. Despite the war and focus of all company’s efforts on restoration of what was destroyed by the enemy, we continue our grids development projects, which will allow connecting and using green energy facilities. Our task is to create conditions for connection of such facilities and ensure reliable power supply, build a reliable, flexible and efficient infrastructure of the grids for recovery and development of towns and regions.”
Over the 11 months of 2023, DTEK Grids connected the largest number of green generation facilities in the Kyiv region – 539 solar power plants with a total capacity of 12.3 MW. However, the highest figure of total green capacity is in Odesa region, where DTEK connected 236 solar power plants since the beginning of 2023 and increased capacity of previously built wind generation, connecting a total of 65.9 MW over the course of the year. 32.4 MW that will be produced by 298 new solar power plants were connected in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Despite active hostilities in the Donetsk region, DTEK Donetsk Grids energy workers connected 43 solar and one wind power plant with a total capacity of 1.2 MW. 33 solar power plants with total capacity of 0.4 MW were connected in Kyiv.
Since the beginning of business activity in Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk regions, and in the city of Kyiv, DTEK Grids Distribution System Operators have already connected a total of 16,136 green generation facilities with a total capacity of 1,896.3 MW to the grids. For instance, this capacity is enough to provide the capital of Ukraine and the entire Kyiv region with electricity.
*Prosumer is a portmanteau of the words producer and consumer.