A new steam generator set PGU-230 MWt has been put into operation at the Kazan CHPP-1

(KZN.RU, August 29). The ceremonial commissioning of a new steam generator set PGU-230 MWt was held today at Kazan CHPP-1. Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, Alexander Novak, the Minister of Energy of Russia, Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, representatives of the AO “Tatenergo”, MC “Uralenergostroy”, and others attended the ceremony.

The project for the construction of the PGU-230 MWt unit at the Kazan CHPP-1 is part of the investment program of the AO “Tatenergo”, “The Property of the Republic”. The facility is included in the list of generating facilities that will be used to supply capacity under agreements.

On September 22, 2015, Dmitry Medvedev, the chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, signed an order on changes to the list of generating facilities according to which the DPM project from the territory of Berezniki (Perm Territory) was transferred to the site of the AO “Tatenergo”, the Kazan CHPP-1. The commissioning of the facility was carried out 4 months before the deadline set by the Government of the Russian Federation. The construction of the PGU-230 MWt unit at the Kazan CHPP-1 was carried out from May 2016 to August 2018.

The project became the second one on the territory of the republic, implemented under the DPM program.

The PGU-230 MWt unit at Kazan CHPP-1 is the first investment project in the electric power industry included in the federal “Program for Support of Investment Projects Implemented on the Territory of the Russian Federation Based on Project Finance”. It provides the provision of state guarantees and soft loans for projects that have a high socio-economic importance for the country.

The total cost of the project is 15.6 billion rubles. The general contractor for the construction of a new power facility is the Management Company “Uralenergostroy” (Ekaterinburg).

“Quite recently it was a bare ground, and we laid the foundation here”, recalled Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, today at the ceremony of the PGU-230 MWt unit commissioning. “Lots of gratitude to the Ministry of Energy of Russia for supporting the decision to upgrade this station”.

Rustam Minnikhanov also thanked the designers, builders, power engineers for the fact that this project was implemented in a short time.

“Today the republic develops production, increases capacity. Only the program of modernization of our energy facilities will allow us to be competitive”, said Rustam Minnikhanov. “We have shown that we will be able to implement complex tasks in a short time. The next project is Zainsk”.

The construction of a new steam generator plant PGU-230 MWt was carried out on an area of 6.1 hectares on Lebedev Street, №18 (Kazan). In December 2015, the ceremony of installing a commemorative sign of the facility construction was held on this site.

Today, the effect of the implementation of an investment project to increase generating capacity at Kazan CHPP-1 will enhance the energy security of Kazan and eliminate the energy shortage of the capital's node.

The new PGU was given the name of Ali Ganeev, the first director of Kazan CHPP-1, reports the press service of the President of the RT.