DTEK launches operation of 240 MW Pokrovska Solar Power Plant in Nikopol district

DTEK launches the 240 MW Pokrovska Solar Power Plant, the second largest solar farm in Europe by installed capacity.

The Pokrovska SPP will generate annually 400 mln kWh of green electricity, which is enough to supply 200 thousand private households. The solar farm helps reduce CO2 emissions into the atmosphere by 420 thousand tons per year, which is comparable to the emissions generated by more than 200 thousand cars.

The Pokrovska SPP is a project implemented by Ukrainian companies and specialists. Sixteen enterprises took part in the construction and supplied services and products with a total contract value of EUR48 million (US$53.5 million). It took only 8 months from the start of the construction works to the commissioning of the facility. The solar power plant began generating green electricity in October 2019.

The Pokrovska SPP consists of 840 thousand solar panels supplied by Risen (China). The SPP is located in the Nikopol district on the territory of a former mining quarry (437 hectares). These are non-agricultural reclaimed lands, which will again benefit the country producing clean energy.