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Fortum starts commercial operation of Chelyabinsk GRES unit 3 in Russia

23 November 2017, 13:30 EET

ONLINE NEWS 23 November 2017

Fortum has completed the replacement investment  at the Chelyabinsk GRES power plant. The new combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) unit with 247.5 MW of electricity generation capacity and 174 MW of heat capacity has started commercial operation. The new turbine will replace the old eight turbine generators in the power plant, which was originally commissioned 87 years ago.

"The replacement project improves our security of supply in the Chelyabinsk heat system and significantly reduces emissions," says Alexander Chuvaev, Executive Vice President, Russia Division for Fortum. 

Fortum concluded its Russian investment program with the commissioning of two CCGT units of Chelyabinsk GRES in 2015-2016. In total, the investment program comprised of eight power units with a combined capacity of over two gigawatts in the Chelyabinsk and Tyumen regions. The return on invested capital for new capacity built under the investment programme is covered under the capacity supply agreements (CSA).

The total electricity generation capacity of Fortum's Chelyabinsk GRES is 742 MW, and heat capacity 988 MW.