“DTEK Energy” has put 11 new coal faces into operation in five months out of the planned 28 facilities in 2023, according to a company press release with reference to CEO Ildar Saleyev.
“The scope of work in the midst of the war is huge – miners have planned to launch 28 new faces this year. From one longwall they can extract coal for 6-9 months. That is, by launching a longwall today, we are already planning to provide fuel for our thermal power plants in autumn and winter”, – he said after visiting one of the mines and a DTEK Energy’s coal preparation plant.
According to the head of the company, in June DTEK Energy will launch two more new faces in addition to the 11 already working.
According to Saleyev, constant modernization and investments are required to maintain the required rates of coal production. The other day at the company’s visited coal mining facility, miners were preparing an overhauled and modernized P-110 roadheader for its descent into the bowels.
“It received an ultramodern control system, which has no analogues at the company’s enterprises. It monitors and records parameters of the electrical and hydraulic systems of the shearer in real time and transmits this information to the specialists. As a result, the smart combine is more reliable and will help miners work without accidents and efficiently,” explained the head of DTEK Energy.
He added that in order to speed up the delivery of high-quality fuel to Ukrainian thermal power plants, one of the coal preparation plants of the energy holding also upgraded its equipment, which will accelerate coal preparation and its processing into a high-quality concentrate for further use at thermal power plants. The large-scale renewal lasted for 4 months, investment amounted to UAH 64 mln.
“We are working further to strengthen the energy front most reliably for the future heating season,” summarized the company’s CEO.
“DTEK Energy provides a closed cycle of electricity production from coal. As of January 2022, the installed capacity of the company in thermal power generation was 13.3 GW. A full production cycle has been created in coal mining: coal mining and preparation, machine building and maintenance of mining equipment.
