Ukraine's DTEK Activates 200MW Battery Storage Across Kyiv,Dnipropetrovsk

Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, in partnership with system integrator Fluence, has commissioned a 200 MW/400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio across six sites in the Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions. This project, completed in under six months, aims to enhance grid stability and resilience amid ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, providing enough electricity to power 600,000 homes for two hours. The initiative, with a €125 million investment, was rapidly constructed and remotely commissioned due to wartime constraints, with Ukrainian engineers trained in Germany and Finland to manage operations independently. Energy Minister Svitlana Grinchuk highlighted the critical role of energy storage systems as fundamental as energy generation itself in securing Ukraine’s power supply. DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko described the project as a historic milestone that will shape the country’s energy future. The company is also considering expanding battery storage capacity by an additional 300 MW to further strengthen energy security.