Another emergency shutdown reported at Ukraine's largest thermal power plant

Another emergency shutdown has been reported at the country's largest Zaporizhia Thermal Power Plant (TPP), run by DTEK, Ukraine's largest private power producer.

The incident occurred at about 11:00 a.m. on February 5, as reported by the press service of the town council of Enerhodar.

"The emergency shutdown of power unit No. 1 of DTEK Zaporizhia TPP occurred due to an oil leak at Turbogenerator-1," the report says.

Read alsoUkraine may face system-wide accident in integrated power grids over lack of coal – NEURCCurrently, power units No. 3 and No. 4 are in operation. Start-up operations have been launched at power unit No. 2.

Emergency shutdown at Zaporizhia TPP on Feb 3: What is known

• On February 3, all working power units at Zaporizhia TPP were automatically put to a halt.
• DTEK Zaporizhia TPP was completely disconnected from the power grid due to a short circuit at the Luch substation run by Zaporizhiaoblenergo, a regional electricity distribution company. Due to a short circuit at the substation, fuses were triggered at the Zaporizhia TPP units, which prevented a larger-scale emergency. At the time of the incident, three power units with a total capacity of 750 MW were in operation.
• The shutdown led to a short-term blackout in the town of Enerhodar hosting the plant.
• On February 4, Zaporizhia TPP fully resumed its operation.