{"id":18511,"date":"2024-01-24T08:29:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reinvantage-dev.eonserver.com\/?p=18511"},"modified":"2024-01-24T08:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:29:51","slug":"despite-war-at-home-ukraines-dtek-has-european-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reinvantage-dev.eonserver.com\/?p=18511","title":{"rendered":"Despite war at home, Ukraine&#8217;s DTEK has European ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>New projects in Romania demonstrate DTEK\u2019s ambition to build a fully-integrated EU-Ukraine energy system.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s DTEK Group this week took a significant step on its path to becoming an important provider of clean energy to Europe by achieving &#8216;first power&#8217; at its debut projects outside Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two projects in Romania\u2014one wind and one solar\u2014are the first in a wider European Union portfolio that will span Italy, Poland, Romania and Croatia and are being developed by DTEK\u2019s wholly-owned subsidiary DTEK Renewables International (DRI), based in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/emerging-europe.com\/voices\/what-cee-energy-companies-should-look-for-in-a-turbulent-2024\/\">What CEE energy companies should look for in a turbulent 2024<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/emerging-europe.com\/news\/zelenskys-davos-pitch-calls-for-immediate-support-long-term-investment\/\">Zelensky\u2019s Davos pitch calls for immediate support, long-term investment<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/emerging-europe.com\/news\/energy-in-the-occupied-regions-of-ukraine-the-azov-ring-zaporozhzhia-npp-subsidy-problems%ef%bf%bc\/\">Energy in the occupied regions of Ukraine: The Azov Ring, Zaporozhzhia NPP, subsidy problems<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>DTEK Group is already the largest producer of renewable energy in Ukraine, with 1.1 GW of installed capacity. At COP28 in December, it signed a memorandum of understanding with Danish wind energy giant Vestas to expand its Tyligulska windfarm near Kherson\u2014a 450 million euros investment that will create Eastern Europe\u2019s largest windfarm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Romania is open for business&#8217;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The two projects in Romania are the first in DRI\u2019s plans to reach five GW of installed capacity within the EU by 2030. Together, the total investment reaches 150 million euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This first, Ruginoasa is a 60 MW windfarm with 10 Vestas V162-6.0 MW turbines in the county of Ia\u0219i, close to Romania&#8217;s border with Moldova. Building work began in March 2023, working with contractors Eximprod Engineering, Tractebel Engineering, and Electromontaj. The total investment is 107 million euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second project, at Glodeni in the centre of Romania, is a 53 MWp solar park. Like Ruginoasa, construction began in March 2023, with power accepted by transmission system operator Transelectrica on January 5. DRI partnered with specialist contractors and manufacturers including Ostenweg, Risen, Ideematec, Krone Solar, and Energobit. The total investment is worth 43 million euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together the two projects will produce approximately 225,000 MWh of electricity annually\u2014enough to supply more than 58,500 homes and reduce carbon emissions by 58,000 tonnes a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUkrainians have made a clear choice that their future lies inside Europe, and DTEK\u2019s expansion into the EU is living proof of that ambition,&#8221; says DTEK&#8217;s CEO Maxim Timchenko. &#8220;I am exceptionally proud of the teams at Glodeni and Ruginoasa in producing green energy for Romanian consumers. This moment marks is a further step forward in the integration of Europe\u2019s and Ukraine\u2019s energy systems as Ukraine moves towards EU accession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romania&#8217;s Minister of Energy\u00a0Sebastian Burduja meanwhile says that Romania has embarked on building an energy system that is green, affordable, and secure, demonstrating the country\u2019s ambition in this sector, honouring its  partnership with the European Union\u2019s Green Deal, and reducing our CO2 emissions long-term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are delighted to have such important investments and investors in Romania, and we underline once more our key message for all companies in the global energy sector: come on over, Romania is open for business,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An opportunity to export Ukrainian skills<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Glodeni and Ruginoasa are two projects in a broader DTEK commitment to help decarbonise both the Ukrainian and European power systems and to fully integrate Ukraine\u2019s energy system with the EU\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2022, less than a month after Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian engineers connected its grid to the European Union\u2019s. The move was an important milestone in Ukraine\u2019s longer-term vision to become a supplier of green power to the Continent given conditions there. The country boasts plentiful wind and sunshine, good land availability, easier permitting and a highly-skilled workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having developed the Tyligulska windfarm in Ukraine during the war and without foreign workers, DTEK plans to use the DRI projects as an opportunity to export Ukrainian skills to other European markets and generate employment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Equally, DRI\u2019s expansion will allow Ukraine to draw on European expertise, and potentially to import green Romanian power into Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unlike many news and information platforms,&nbsp;<em>Emerging Europe<\/em>&nbsp;is free to read, and always will be.&nbsp;There is no paywall here.&nbsp;We are independent,&nbsp;not affiliated with nor representing any political party or business&nbsp;organisation.&nbsp;We want the very best for emerging Europe, nothing more, nothing less. 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