20.12.2011
KIEV, December 19. DTEK's Innovation from the Depth Project for introduction of heat pumps at Blagodatnaya Mine of DTEK Pavlogradugol has been rated best in energy efficiency at Green Awards Ukraine 2011, competition for business and social green projects.
The Best Energy Efficiency Project nomination gathered most participants. The international jury named DTEK the best among the four semi-finalists pointing out DTEK's innovative technology, cooperation with Ukrainian scientists and use of Ukrainian equipment.
The project inspired interest abroad. According to Eckehard Buescher, International Projects Manager of the German Geothermal Center (Bochum, Germany) it is the first industrial unit in the world that uses mine water.
“DTEK has a comprehensive approach to energy efficiency of its operating companies. The project on the use of mine water heat is a part of the campaign aimed at reducing consumption of electricity, heat and other resources. The amount of the project investments totaled about UAH 4 m. The annual savings are more than UAH 600 thou. The heat pump unit is capable of heating 9 times more water than the company requires. So it can be used to meet the needs of the neighboring towns and villages,” Aleksandr Tolkach, DTEK Director for External Affairs, said.
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Heat pump unit at Blagodatnaya mine of DTEK Pavlogradugol
In 2010, Blagodatnaya mine of DTEK Pavlogradugol installed heat pumps to use hot water for domestic needs. Dnepropetrovsk National Mining University and Refma Melitopol Refrigirator Factory took an active part in designing and manufacturing the equipment.
The heat pump unit functions as a refrigerator: it takes in heat from any low potential energy sources and releases it into a condenser. It operates at night when electricity tariff is three times lower. The payback period is 6.5 years.
DTEK is the largest privately-owned vertically-integrated energy company in Ukraine, with efficient enterprises that mine and prepare coal as well as operate on electrical power generation and supply markets. The Company is the energy division of System Capital Management (SCM), one of Ukraine’s leading financial and industrial groups.
The coal business of DTEK includes DTEK Pavlogradugol (consisting of 10 coal mines), DTEK Dobropolyeugol (5 mines), DTEK Mine Komsomolets Donbassa and five coal preparation plants as well as concession enterprises of DTEK Rovenkianthracite (6 mines and 3 coal preparation plants) and DTEK Sverdlovanthracite (5 mines and 3 coal preparation plants).
The power generation business of DTEK is represented by Vostokenergo and the associated companies Dneproenergo, where DTEK owns 47.55%, and Zapadenergo, where DTEK together with affiliated companies holds 25.06%.
Service-Invest, DTEK Energougol ENE and the associated Donetskoblenergo Company, where DTEK holds 30.6%, represent the electricity sales and supply business of DTEK.
DTEK also holds a 71.89% stake in Kievenergo, a company generating and supplying heat and electricity.
Additional information is at: www.dtek.com.
You can learn about DTEK’s sustainable development program on the company’s web-site in the Section CSR.
Green Awards Ukraine is the first Ukrainian independent competition to assess business and social “green” projects in Ukraine. The jury consisted of leading experts in environmental technologies and European practices, public figures and representatives of reputable international organizations. Projects are evaluated in two stages: by interactive voting and based on the public presentation.
For more details visit http://greenawards.info.
