How DTEK power engineers work in war conditions – a report by the BBC – Ukraine
The journalists visited one of the TPPs, which was hit by numerous drones and missiles.
The energy company DTEK is faced with the almost impossible task of resisting the numerous attacks of Russia on the energy system of Ukraine every day in order to keep the lights on in Ukraine.
The British edition of the BBC writes about it.
“While DTEK engineers struggle with the nearly impossible task of staying one step ahead of Russia's relentless attacks, the rest of the country continues to do what it has been doing since the beginning of the war: adapt,” the article says.
In particular, Ukrainians use generators and adapt to life in conditions of constant attacks on the power system.
It is noted that before the first attack in November (November 17 – ed.), Ukraine had already lost 9 GW of generation capacity. This is about half of the electricity consumed under…