How can the international energy community help Ukraine?
Ukraine’s leading private energy company, DTEK, is desperately calling on the global energy community for help in restoring and deploying power to Ukrainian citizens.
DTEK is participating in a 60-minute live broadcast in partnership with Enlit Europe, Smart Energy International and Power Engineering International to address this critical need and give an overview of the status of Ukraine’s electricity system amid the war.
With more than $100 billion of damage caused to Ukraine’s critical power infrastructure, significant changes in the energy landscape, and unpredicted challenges of management and day-by-day operation, Ukrainian energy companies are facing a new reality.
But even in such conditions, energy systems remain largely operational and synchronisation with European power grids has been achieved.
“The bravery and unity demonstrated by Ukraine inspire the whole world,” says Oleksiy Povolotskiy, corporate governance and compliance director, DTEK.
“Our international partners and friends have united to support Ukraine and help Ukrainians in these difficult times. But the damage to Ukrainian critical infrastructure is the biggest since WWII. DTEK Group aims to do its best and keep the electricity sector stable amid the war. Any support from international business is crucial.”
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Ukraine urgently needs many materials and equipment for the restoration of power lines, grids and substations, and a list of this hardware will be shared during the live broadcast.
Ruslan Volynets, director of customer relations/ representative, DTEK Grids and Board of Directors in E.DSO, vice chairperson of the Energy Community ECDSO-E Coordination Group, added: “In the Ukrainian energy sector, electricity distribution grids suffered the greatest destruction due to military actions.
“At the same time, our distribution infrastructure is critical for the well-being of residential and commercial customers. We have developed a comprehensive network restoration programme.
“Our goal is not just to rebuild the outdated infrastructure, but to build modern electricity grids that will meet challenging needs of future society.”
Register to join this free-to-attend broadcast on 13 September at 14h00GMT.
Contact Mykyta Mozharovskyi, head of compliance/expert of Humanitarian Aid Working Group, DTEK Group, for information on how you can support DTEK.
