Kyiv Oblast is known for being energy-rich. Power-generating enterprises with a total capacity of 3,200 MW are located on its territory, of which the installed capacity of the Trypil TPP is about 57%. Therefore, the energy-generating enterprise is the largest supplier of electricity in Kyiv,
Cherkasy and
Zhytomyr Oblasts. The enterprise occupies an area of 281.3 hectares. It is located in
Obukhiv Raion on the bank of the
Kaniv Reservoir. In January 1962, a Decree of the Council of Ministers of the
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic approved the development of a thermal power plant in the Trypilska site. The trusts "Pivdenteploenergomontazh", "Hydroelektromontazh", "Hydromechanization", "Pivdenzahidtransbud" and many others participated in the construction of the station. The first unit was connected to the grid in December 1969 and the plant was completed in 1977. A great deal of work on the analysis of the project, start-up and adjustment of the equipment was performed by the enterprise "LvivORGRES". The construction of the power plant was carried out by the progressive current-speed method. This method made it possible to significantly shorten the construction period of the power plant.
Russo-Ukrainian War On 11 April 2024, the station was targeted with
Shahed drones and
Kh-69 missiles, resulting in a massive fire. Subsequently, Ukraine's
Centrenergo officially announced the complete destruction of the power plant. On 16 April 2024, President Zelenskyy said that "eleven missiles were launched towards the Trypillya [thermal power] station, upon which the electricity supply in the Kyiv region depends. We managed to intercept the first seven, but the remaining four hit Trypillya. Why? Because we had zero missiles left. We have exhausted all the missiles that were defending Trypillya". In May 2024, the government allocated over 1.5 billion
hryvnias for the restoration of the Trypilska and
Zmiivska thermal power plants. == See also ==