Rostechnadzor Okays Akademicheskaya Power Station

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 1, 2016. The construction of the 230-megawatt Akademicheskaya Power Station is almost complete, T Plus Sverdlovsk division’s press service reports. For one, power supply has already been provided for the power start-up of the 110-kilowatt gas-insulated switch gear and a program has been activated for the start-up of the auxiliary transformer for balance-of-plant needs and voltage supply onto 6-kilowatt sections. The water treatment plant was launched the other day, which means the power station will now have a supply of desalinated water needed for the boiler

February 05, 2014. A solemn foundation stone-laying ceremony will take place on the site of the future power station at Academic District of Yekaterinburg on February 5. The new power generating unit will provide heat and electric power to the new Academic District and surrounding parts of Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Region Government's press service reports. Putting up Akademicheskaya Power Station has become the largest project for Sverdlovsk Region power supply system over the last few years. The symbolic torch that will signify the start of the construction of the new power generating

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 5, 2016. A steam turbine got launched at the power station in Yekaterinburg’s Akademichesky District; the turbine generator got synchronized with the United Energy System and supplied 7 megawatts worth of power to the network, T Plus’s Sverdlovsk Region branch reports. The turbine was first checked at 3,000 rpm in an idle-run mode, with all its emergency control facilities set up and thoroughly tested. The turbine was brought to its projected capacity and then down to the technological minimum in order to test how efficiently the machine reacts to workload changes at

August 11, 2014. Uralvagonzavod, the head plant of Uralvagonzavod Corporation, launched an upgrade of its heat and power station. The idea is to reduce energy spending by 20%. This upgrade is expected to be completed within three years; the project will cost 9bn RUR to implement, the corporation’s press service reports. The upgrade of this power facility includes the reconstruction of power-generating units and grids, installation and launch of a new air-nitrogen plant, and, as a result, enhanced energy efficiency of all the production facilities. The enterprise means to create a single power

Following the fire at Reftinskaya power station belonging to OGK-5, two power-generating units with the total capacity of 1,000 megawatt had to be shut down yesterday. As a result, the average capacity of the station went down by 27%. There weer no power cuts, though, as the other local power stations were able to make up for the loss. In the meantime, the share market has already been affected by the accident, claim the experts from a number of investment companies. Reftinskaya power station provides over 40% of OGK-5 capacity, so this company now is the only insider among the other power