From January to April 2025, DTEK Energy invested nearly UAH 1.6 billion in repairing and restoring its thermal power plants damaged by massive Russian missile strikes.
The company’s repair campaign has continued uninterrupted, given the critical extent of the destruction. A year ago, 90% of DTEK Energy’s generating capacity was either destroyed or severely damaged. Ahead of last winter, the company managed to restore more than half of that capacity. However, renewed attacks in November and December inflicted further serious damage.
“What our power engineers are doing is about more than just technical expertise – it’s a daily battle to provide reliable electricity to Ukrainian families, hospitals, schools, and businesses. Our primary goal is to keep going. Every day we work to restore our facilities so that the energy system remains stable during peak summer loads and we’re prepared for the upcoming heating season,”
said DTEK Energy CEO Oleksandr Fomenko.
“Right now, we’re dealing with repair volumes we could never have imagined before. Many components were completely destroyed – we’ve had to manufacture new parts ourselves, because there’s simply nowhere to order them from. This is extremely precise work where every millimetre matters. For these enormous machines to run again, every detail counts – from power cables to complex drives. Even the smallest mistake could delay a unit’s restart by days or even weeks. Therefore, the most important factor is well-coordinated teamwork. Fortunately, after years of working together, our team has become cohesive. Everyone brings unique experience and knowledge that help us reach our goals,” said Andrii, a site supervisor who has worked at a DTEK TPP for more than a decade.
In 2024, DTEK Energy invested UAH 3.6 billion in restoration of TPPs and another UAH 7.5 billion in the development of domestic coal mining sector. These investments strengthen the resilience of Ukraine’s thermal generation and overall energy grid.
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In 2024, Russia launched 13 large-scale attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, with thermal power plants among its main targets. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, DTEK Energy’s TPPs have been hit 205 times, resulting in 56 employees injured and 4 killed.
