DTEK and GE Vernova have signed a memorandum on building a combined-cycle gas turbine power plant in western Ukraine. The planned facility would be located at the Burshtyn power station site and is designed to add flexible capacity to a power system that has to balance reconstruction, security risks and long-term modernization.
The project is expected to have a capacity of six hundred and fifty megawatts. DTEK says total investment could reach nine hundred million euros, while annual generation may reach up to five terawatt-hours after commissioning.
Flexible power instead of coal dependence
The new plant is part of DTEK’s strategic move from coal generation toward gas-fired assets that can start quickly and help cover peaks in demand. Commercial operation is planned by 2032, which makes the project a long-term element of Ukraine’s postwar energy architecture rather than an emergency repair.
The memorandum was signed during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk. The project was included among flagship initiatives of the “Economy of the Future” plan, alongside a large Poltava wind farm that DTEK also presents as part of its new energy portfolio.
For Ukraine, the value of the project is not only new capacity. It is a signal that recovery investment is moving toward assets able to stabilize the grid and replace older coal infrastructure.
If financing, technology supply and construction move on schedule, western Ukraine could receive a more flexible power base for industry, households and future renewable balancing.
