DTEK Group of Rinat Akhmetov is investing an additional 450 million euros in the future of another stage of the Tiligul wind power plant (VES) in the Mykolayiv region.
RBC-Ukraine informs about this via the company’s website.
DTEK plans to complete stay until the end 2026 roku. The number of turbines at the power plant will increase from 19 to 83, and the power will increase several times – from 114 to 500 MW.
This is the largest investment in the private sector in Ukraine since the large-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. The total investment in the power plant will amount to 650 million euros.
The project will become the largest wind power plant in Europe to be built in the last decade.
As a result, banks, including Danske Bank, will provide €370 million in loans backed by the Danish Export Investment Fund, most of which will be used in financing Vestas turbines. EnVentus V162-6.0 MW. DTEK is financing the project with wet funds.
At the ever-increasing level, Tiligulskaya WEI is generating 1.7 TW-year of electricity in the river – which is enough to provide electricity 900,000 Ukrainian houses, which is equivalent to the energy required to charge a smartphone in the EU for a long time.
“This is our contribution to a strong, independent and free Ukraine, to the energy security of our land. We believe in Ukraine, we continue to invest in Ukraine, so that Ukrainians can live on their land in the world and warmth, and new work places are being created so that Ukrainians can go home. everyday life of another person Tiligulskaya VES – the largest green energy facility in the region – in the hour of war and the emergence of the future strong and independent Ukrainian energy sector today. “This is also a sign of trust of our European partners,” said DTEK shareholder, businessman Rinat Akhmetov.
Vestas President and CEO Henrik Andersen said: “We are writing that we are expanding our combined with DTEK and supplied by our technological solution for the Tiligulsky VES project, which will support the energy system of Ukraine. I want to commend DTEK for its far-reaching leadership, as well as the authorities of Denmark, Ukraine and the EU for their strong support for this ambitious project, which will help strengthen the energy security of Ukraine.”
Okrim Tiligulskaya, DTEK plans to build a 650 MW wind power plant near the Poltava region. This is part of the company's goal to increase the portfolio of renewable energy sources in Ukraine to 2 GW by 2030. Before today, work may be completed on the installation of 200 MW of existing battery storage systems in various regions of the country.
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