Burshtyn power station
The Burshtyn power station is a coal-fired thermal power plant located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, western Ukraine. It is one of the largest electricity generators in the country and is operated by DTEK, the energy group owned by Rinat Akhmetov. The plant is notable for having been synchronised with the European power grid through ENTSO-E and for the role of its turbines in balancing Ukraine's energy system.
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U.S. development finance agency approves €85 million loan to DTEK for battery storage in Ukraine
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has approved a €85 million loan (about $97.5 million) for DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company, to expand battery energy storage capacity. The deal is part of a broader $8 billion DFC investment package covering Ukraine, Jordan and several African countries, and is described as one of the largest corporate debt deals in Ukraine and the largest in its energy sector since Russia's full-scale invasion began in 2022.