VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
While at the station, the prime minister was told that the new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) unit, whose construction was started in 2008, met the highest environmental protection standards, and that it would significantly increase electricity generation. The new CCGT unit will have an electricity generating capacity of 450 MW, and a thermal capacity of 341 Gcal/h.
Silovye Mashiny (Power Machines) manufactured most of the equipment for the CCGT unit.
The start-up process is currently in full swing at the station. The new CCGT unit will go on stream April 1.
This project will help eliminate electricity shortages in St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The station’s total electricity generating capacity is to increase from 750 to 1,200 MW, and its installed thermal capacity – from 2,190 to 2,531 Gcal/h.
Boris Vainzikher, CEO of Generating Company 1, which manages Southern Combined Heat and Power Station 22, also told the prime minister about other important corporate projects. He said this included plans to build two new power-generating units at Hydroelectric Power Station 14 in St Petersburg. This is the most environmentally-friendly power-generating facility in Russia, Vainzikher noted.
