DTEK Commits €1.2 Billion to Build Major Wind Farm for Ukraine's Energy Resilience
Kyiv, Tuesday, 21 April 2026.
DTEK is investing €1.2 billion to build a 650-megawatt wind farm in Ukraine. This creates one of Europe’s largest onshore facilities, strategically decentralizing the nation’s targeted energy grid.
A Strategic Pivot to Decentralized Power
The Poltavska windfarm, located in the central Poltava region, will feature up to 100 wind turbines upon completion [1]. This ambitious €1.2 billion project is spearheaded by DTEK Renewables, a subsidiary of Rinat Akhmetov’s broader energy group [1]. The shift toward wind energy is not merely an environmental choice but a tactical necessity; since the escalation of the conflict in 2022, Russian forces have launched over 220 strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, severely damaging every single thermal power plant operated by DTEK [2]. By dispersing generation capacity across dozens of individual turbines, the energy grid becomes inherently more difficult to disable through targeted missile or drone attacks [GPT].
Leading the Reconstruction Investment Charge
DTEK’s capital deployment extends far beyond the Poltava region, cementing its position as the largest private investor in Ukraine’s wartime economy [1][2]. Between 2022 and 2025, the conglomerate injected UAH 101.7 billion, or roughly €2.4 billion, into the national economy [1]. To contextualize this massive scale, DTEK alone accounted for approximately 22% of the total UAH 454.7 billion (€9.7 billion) invested by the 150 largest private companies operating in Ukraine during that specific period [1].
A Broader Renewable Renaissance
The €1.2 billion Poltavska initiative is part of a broader, systemic pivot toward green energy across Ukraine. In the southern part of the country, DTEK has already commissioned 114 megawatts of new capacity at the Tyligulska wind farm [1][2]. The company is currently constructing an additional 384 megawatts at the Tyligulska site, which will bring the total investment for that specific facility to €650 million [1]. To ensure grid stability alongside these intermittent power sources, DTEK has also launched a massive 200-megawatt energy storage system, a critical component for balancing power loads during peak demand [1][2].