OREANDA-NEWS. December 27, 2007.  The Closed Company "Cascade Mingachevir HPS" is one of advanced and regional significant power station on Caucasus and works by capacity more than 400 MVt. The director of enterprise Ogtai Pirverdiyev has informed about it to press-service of joint-stock company "Azerenerji".

As he said, on November of current year about 60 million KVt/h of electric power, and there is produced at 12 percent more than predicted.
Within 11 months of 2007 at cascade has been produced more than 935 million KVt/h of electric power, and at 85 million KVt/h more than predicted.
Telling about technical and economic parameters, the director has noted, that maintained more than 50 years two hydrounits, 110-220 KVt switching centre and control system are subjects of reconstruction. And technological processes will be automated. The project of reconstruction will be realized due to credit of Islamic Bank of Development. After the reconstruction works the station will get 70 MVt of additional capacity.

O.Pirverdiyev has noted, that similar works will be carried out also at Varvara HPS. For maintenance of stable operating conditions of the station, at units and switching centres are conducted current and capital repair works.

For maintenance of the safe working conditions roof of the station here is repaired, subsidiary premises are constructed and repair works of different purpose are carried out.

Let's remind, that the cascade includes Mingachevir Hydro PS and Varvara Hydro PS.