KYIV, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Ukrainian private energy firm

DTEK has launched the country's largest battery storage facility

to ensure stable power supplies in the face of Russian attacks

on Ukraine's energy sector, the company said on Thursday.

Russia, which launched a full-scale war against Ukraine in

2022, is attacking its energy system, depriving Ukraine's

industry and millions of residents of power.

DTEK said its total investment in the project amounted to

125 million euros ($146.13 million).

Six battery storage systems have been connected to the power

grid in the capital Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions in eastern

Ukraine, it said.

The combined facilities, which were constructed in

partnership with U.S.-based Fluence, a global leader

delivering intelligent energy storage, have the capacity to

store 400 megawatt hours of electricity - enough to power

600,000 Ukrainian households for two hours.

DTEK said the new systems would increase the security of the

electricity supply and reduce the risk of outages and accidents,

especially in the event of a breakdown in some power generation.

"In the context of large-scale attacks on Ukraine's energy

system, the role of energy storage systems has become just as

fundamental as energy generation itself," said energy minister

Svitlana Grinchuk.

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