As of 21 August, DTEK’s power plants account for 34.2% of the total capacity supplied to the Ukrainian grid. We make use of all our standby units at the Burshtynska, Dobrotvirska, Ladyzhynska, Kurakhovska, and Zaporizka TPP, as well as our 8 anthracite-fuelled units.
The units running on high-volatile steam coal are started first, whereas the anthracite-fired units are switched on only when it is required by the grid. Capacity shortages in Ukraine's grid are also compensated by DTEK Burshtynska TPP’s Units 8 and 9, which had worked as an energy island before.
"Last years saw a very high electricity demand among consumers in Ukraine in the summer period. This results in overloading of the power grid as a whole and the thermal power generation in particular because we have to work even harder during this period to make up for the capacity lost due to nuclear units shut down for repair," said Sergey Kurilenko, Electricity Generation Director of DTEK Energy. Consumers suffering no electricity outages is our main task. Today DTEK has more than 931 kt of domestic grade G coal in stock, which is the priority for our company and a prerequisite to Ukraine's energy independence. The stocks of high-volatile steam coal at the power plants are replenished on a continuous basis. For the time being, DTEK is importing anthracite for its power plants. But to make sure that people living in Dnipro will have electricity and heat in winter, we have already started transferring 2 generating unit at the Prydniprovska TPP to high-volatile steam coal."
In order to make sure that Ukraine's power grid sees no capacity shortages, DTEK's power generators have completed 50% of their annual repair programme at all DTEK’s TPPs, and since 01 July they have substituted the nuclear units shut down for repair.