OREANDA-NEWS. LLC STG-Eco signed a contract for execution of works under reconstruction of ash dump No.2, section 2, to serve the needs of the branch "Gusinoozerskaya SDPP" of JSC Inter RAO - Electric Power Plants.

Under the project, STG-Eco shall execute the design and survey works and prepare detailed design documentation with regard to the following types of works:

installation of a water retaining dam at ash dump No. 2 of section 2 at Gusinoozerskaya SDPP;

increase of the area of a borrow pit by 0.13 km2 where the special soil (clay loam) will be excavated to arrange for a dam.

The scope of work also includes the receipt of the state environmental expert review and state expert review of the project documentation. The completion of this project is scheduled for the end of 2014.

This is the second project for STG-Eco to perform on commission from Gusinoozerskaya SDPP. Currently, hydraulic tests and preparation for commissioning of the reconstructed ash dump No.1 section 2 to the acceptance committee are under way. Under the project, ash-slag pipelines (3.3 km) and dust suppression pipelines (2.5 km) have been constructed, as well as a drainage system to drain the water filtered through the dam, the works for instrumentation (control and measurement instrumentation) and construction of a network of observation wells were completed.

LLC STG-Eco is a member of STG Group of Companies. STG-Eco's main area of activity includes engineering design and construction of ecological infrastructure facilities, environmental support of construction works, environmental support of the facilities under operation, elimination of the accumulated ecological problems.

Gusinoozerskaya state district power plant is the largest condensing power plant in the Transbaikal region and one of the largest enterprises of the Republic of Buryatia. The state district power plant has been in operation since 1976. The rated output power of the plant is 1,130 MW, the thermal power is 224.5 Gcal/h The power plant supplies electricity to consumers of Buryatia and neighboring regions and supplies thermal energy to the town of Gusinoozyorsk with a population of over 24 thousand people. The plant's electricity output amounts to about 4.5 billion kWh per year.