In January-July this year, DTEK Energy’s miners commissioned 11 new coal faces to meet the fuel needs of thermal power plants during summer peaks and accumulate sufficient reserves for the upcoming heating season, the energy holding said on Tuesday.
“Power engineers are working to restore the damaged and destroyed TPPs as soon as possible. And the miners are doing everything possible to ensure that these facilities have sufficient fuel reserves to cover the summer and winter peaks in electricity consumption,” DTEK Energy CEO Ildar Saleev said in a press release.
According to him, the company is implementing a plan to put 27 new longwalls into operation this year.
“11 have already been commissioned, and we plan to commission another 16 in August and December,” Saleev said.
In 2023, DTEK Energy miners commissioned 26 new longwalls.
As reported, in 2023, the energy holding’s investments in Ukrainian coal mining amounted to about UAH 7 billion, which is almost twice as much as in 2022.
“DTEK Energy provides a closed cycle of electricity generation from coal. As of January 2022, the company’s installed capacity in thermal generation amounted to 13.3 GW. The company has established a full production cycle in coal mining: coal mining and enrichment, mechanical engineering and maintenance of mine equipment.
As reported, DTEK energy holding plans to restore 60-70% of the thermal generation facilities destroyed by Russian attacks by October this year, provided there is no new shelling. Since March of this year, massive missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities have destroyed 90% of its thermal generation.
