Sberbank Ready to Give Irkutskenergo Credit to Repair Bratsk GES Turbines (Press release)
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MOSCOW, October 6 /PRRussia/ - Russia's Sberbank is ready to extend a ten-year credit to Irkutskenergo to repair turbines of the Bratsk GES hydro-electric power plant. Replacing all turbine wheels will cost about $36 million. The upgrading project will take ten years, with two turbine wheels, each estimated at $2m, to be replaced annually.
Note: The Bratsk GES hydro-electric power plant has an installed capacity of 4,500 MW (18 turbines, each with a capacity of 250 MW). Its projected annual capacity is 22.6 billion kWh. The Bratsk GES was commissioned in 1961.
Source: Irkutskenergo press service
About Irkutskenergo: Established in 1992, Irkutskenergo comprises three hydro-electric power stations and twelve thermal power plants. The energy system is able to generate more than 70 billion kWh of electricity and up to 46 million Gcal of thermal energy. In 2001, the company was rated third among Russia's largest electricity producers and was the second largest thermal energy producer.
Board Chairman: Sergei Kosarev. General Director: Vladimir Kolmogorov
Contact: Address: 3, Sukhe-Bator ul., Irkutsk, 664000, Russia. Tel: (+7 3952) 217 300. Fax: (+73952) 217 899; irkutskenergo.ru |
