Vestas and DTEK have signed a so-called Memorandum of Understanding to resume the cooperation on Ukraine’s largest wind energy project, according to an announcement from Vestas.

With the agreement, the two companies will work together to build the second phase of the Tyligulska project in the southern part of Ukraine.

The second phase of the project has a capacity of 498 megawatts (MW) and includes 83 wind turbines of the V162-6.2 MW type. This makes it the largest wind project in Ukraine.

In 2021, Vestas announced both the first and second phases of the project, and the wind farm was scheduled to be operational in the third quarter of 2022, but was put on hold after the outbreak of war.

”We are very pleased to be expanding our partnership with DTEK again and build the Tyligulska project to support the reconstruction of Ukraine’s energy sector and show that Ukraine is open for business,” says Henrik Andersen, CEO of Vestas, in the announcement.

At the same time, he points out that the project is being launched under extraordinary circumstances.

”Infrastructure projects of this size in Ukraine currently require additional risk guarantees, and we believe supporting a project as ambitious as this can re-emphasise the EU‘s support to Ukraine,” says Andersen.

The first phase was commissioned in spring 2023 with a capacity of 126MW and included 21 V162-6.0 MW turbines.

If the agreement ends up becoming a firm order, Vestas will announce the order in accordance with its disclosure policy.