Svetlinskaya HPP reached its design capacity of 370 MW
The head of Yakutia, Aisen Nikolaev, called the launch an important stage for the region’s energy framework
Quick Look
- The Svetlinskaya HPP in Yakutia reached its design capacity of 370 MW after the launch of the fourth hydroelectric unit.
- Investments in the project exceeded 5 billion rubles.
- The facility will provide reliable energy supply to industrial and social consumers in Western Yakutia.
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Why It Matters
The Svetlinskaya HPP provides electricity to enterprises in the oil, gas and gold mining industries of Western Yakutia.
MOSCOW, September 16 - RIA Novosti. The head of Yakutia, Aisen Nikolaev, called the Svetlinskaya HPP reaching its design capacity an important stage in the formation of a new energy framework for the republic, the press service of the regional government reports.
Earlier it became known that the Alrosa company brought the Svetlinskaya hydroelectric station to its designed capacity of 370 MW, and investments in the project exceeded 5 billion rubles. The launch ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev and Alrosa General Director Pavel Marinychev.
Nikolaev called this event great for the energy sector of Yakutia and the entire Far East.
“Today, energy facilities with a total capacity of about 2 GW are being simultaneously built in the republic - we have never had such a scale of new construction before. As the head of the State Council of the Russian Federation commission in the field of Energy, I organize its work based on the fact that new generating and network capacities in the Far East should be created at an accelerated pace,” noted the head of Yakutia, his words are quoted by the press service of the regional government.
He stated that energy capacities should become a competitive advantage for Yakutia and the entire Far East.
“And the huge hydropower potential of the republic gives us the opportunity to set new large-scale tasks for decades to come,” Nikolaev emphasized.
The head of the republic also congratulated the staff and veterans of Alrosa who took part in the construction of the station.
“In Yakutia, energy is one of the key factors in the cost and pace of implementation of any industrial project. Therefore, the launch of the fourth hydroelectric unit is not just the completion of a large construction project. This will allow us to maintain production at a level of more than 1 billion kWh even in a dry year and will increase the reliability of energy supply to Western Yakutia, creating a resource for launching new production. We have created an energy infrastructure that will work for decades not only for the company, but also for the entire region,” said Marinychev, his words are quoted on the website Alrosa company.
The Svetlinskaya HPP provides electricity to the company’s production facilities and other consumers in the Western energy region of Yakutia. Among them are enterprises of the oil and gas and gold mining industries, transport, telecommunications and social infrastructure facilities.
Open Questions
- What is the exact payback period for an investment of 5 billion rubles?
