OREANDA-NEWS. February 18, 2011. During the inspection the prime minister was told that the new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) unit, whose construction started in 2008, met the highest environmental standards, and that it would significantly increase electricity generation. The new CCGT unit will have electricity generating capacity of 450 MW, and heat capacity of 341 Gcal/h.

JSC Power Machines manufactured most of the equipment for the CCGT unit.

The start-up process is currently in full swing at the station. The new CCGT unit will go on line April 1.

This project will help eliminate electricity shortages in St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The station’s total electricity generating capacity is to increase from 750 to 1,200 MW, and its installed heat capacity – from 2,190 to 2,531 Gcal/h.

Boris Vainzikher, CEO of TGC-1, also told the prime minister about other important investment projects. He said these included two new power-generating units at Pervomayskaya CHPP-14 in St Petersburg. This is the most environmentally-friendly power-generating facility in Russia, Vainzikher noted.