OREANDA-NEWS. Vyacheslav Sinugin, Chairman of OJSC Federal hydrogenerating company "HydroOGK" thanked the FSUE Sevmash team for developing and manufacturing a floating power generating unit for Kislogubskaya floating power plant, the press service of Sevmash reports.

Pilot block-module with new orthogonal hydroturbine with capacity of 1.5 MW was built at the enterprise in 2006 by order of "Ingeokomenergostroy" LTD. In January 2007, power generating unit was towed to the shore of Barents Sea and later was installed at Kislogubskaya floating power plant.

According to Sevmash Deputy Director General for producing marine equipment and civil shipbuilding Valery Borodin, testing proved that the efficiency of the new power generating unit exceeds the projected figure.

In 2008 project works on the block module of Kolskaya floating power plant (Barents Sea) are expected to be continued, as well as on the greatest Mezen floating power plant in Mezen gulf (the White Sea). 

Today, Sevmash continues works on floating power engineering. Enterprise's experience is the basis for serial production of floating power generating plants in Russia. Advantages of the yard are obvious. Developments of Russian engineers (f.e.,the floating construction method) allow reducing the works price. Using this method, a power generating unit is built as an ordinary vessel and than is towed afloat to the place of stationing.