OREANDA-NEWS. On 18 April 2008 was announced, that the impeller of the water-wheel has been delivered to Bratsk HPS. It is made at the Leningrad Metallurgical Works Plant and was delivered to Bratsk by An-124-100 "Ruslan" plane. This information was received in the Press Service of the Bratsk Administration.

The contract for delivery of six impellers for re-equipment of water-wheels of Bratsk HPS was signed between JSC Power Machines and JSC Irkutskenergo in October 2004. The first impeller was delivered to Bratsk on 6 October 2006; the second one came on 4 October 2007.

Reconstruction of the water-wheels with replacement of the driving wheels was carried out within the limits of the investment program of JSC Irkutskenergo for increase of the overall performance of the equipment of the station. The result of re-equipment is increase in capacity of each water-wheel up to 255 megawatt that will allow to increase generation of the electric power at higher efficiency.

According to the contract with JSC Power Machines, the first six driving wheels are subject to replacement which were mounted and started up during the lowered pressures before filling of the water basin up to design marks. Two impellers will be delivered in 2008, and two more impellers will be delivered in 2009 to the Bratsk HPS; besides, experts of Power Machines will carry out chief supervision over the installation of the equipment. The total cost of the contract equals 395 million rubles.