Reftinskaya power plant prepares for winter

According to the spokesperson for First Power Generating Company JSC, the enterprise has invested 918.5 million RUR in modernization campaign over the seven months of 2006. The upgrading included the overhaul of No. 2 steam turbine, current repairs of No. 1 steam turbine, of No. 1 steam boiler, and of No. 2 steam boiler at Urengoyskaya state district power plant. The company has also sponsored the maintenance works of No. 2 and No. 3 power generating units at Permskaya power plant and of No. 1 power generating unit at Nizhnevartovskaya power plant. As for Iriklinskaya power plant, No. 2 and

Moscow, 11 August 2008 – UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer, and RusHydro, the largest Russian renewable energy generating company, have announced the two-year results of their joint BEMO project, which includes the completion of the Boguchansky hydropower plant and the construction of a greenfield aluminium smelter in the Krasnoyarsk region. Since the beginning of the project, both companies have already invested over USD 1.8 billion, while it is expected to bring the total amount of expenditures by the end of 2008 to USD 2.6 bln. 65% of the investments were

First Power Generating Company (aka OGk-1) received the certificate of preparedness for the winter season. All of its power stations have been considered well-prepared for the maximum workload expected in late fall and winter; they got their certificates as early as October, reports the company’s spokesperson. OGK-1 has already repaired both major and supplementary equipment, buildings, and facilities; the corporate repair campaign is almost over now, with over 1.3bn RUR spent over the nine months of 2006. The oil-receiving and discharging systems, fuel preparation facilities, and

Enel completed the regional stage of its PlayEnergy project in May 2010. ENEL Group’s international education/entertainment initiative has been implemented in Sverdlovsk Region for the second time this year through the involvement of Reftinskaya state district power plant (Enel OGK-5) and the schools of Reftinskiy and of some neighboring settlements. All in all, over 1,500 children and young people (school-goers aged 11-17 and students of Asbest polytechnic vocational school) could join the world of energy with ENEL. PlayEnergy provides students and teachers with free materials for organizing

The world’s largest producer of aluminum and alumina, UC RUSAL has recently launched ALSCON plant in Nigeria. The company is planning to fully upgrade all the production processes and make the plant produce 197,000 tons of aluminum a year in 2010. The upgrading program will cost about $300m to complete. Having bought ALSCON’s shareholding in February 2007, RUSAL decided to revive the plant that had been idle for eight years. The upgrading program covers both the construction jobs and the improvements in the technological field. The plant consists of two electrolysis departments, a