North-West Thermal Power Plant

North-West Thermal Power Plant
North-West Thermal Power Plant
Location of North-West Thermal Power Plant
Official name	Северо - Западная ТЭЦ
Country	Russia
Location	Saint-Petersburg
Coordinates	60°0.95′N 30°5.52′E / 60.01583°N 30.092°E / 60.01583; 30.092Coordinates: 60°0.95′N 30°5.52′E / 60.01583°N 30.092°E / 60.01583; 30.092
Commission date	2000
Owner(s)	Inter RAO UES
Power station information
Primary fuel	natural gas
Generation units	2
Combined cycle?	yes
Power generation information
Installed capacity	900 MW

North-West Thermal Power Plant (Russian: Северо - Западная ТЭЦ) is a cogeneration power station (TETs) in Saint-Petersburg, owned by Inter RAO UES. This is a first power station in Russia to use combined cycle.

History

Building of the station began in 1994, and in 2000 first unit of the station was started to generate electrical energy. The gas-fired combined-cycle plant has a capacity of 900 MW. 90% of all produced electric power is exported to Finland. It was owned by the company of same name with majority shares held by RAO UES. In December 2007, as a result of reorganizations of RAO UES, it was decided to merge the North-West Thermal Power Plant with Inter RAO UES.^[1] The merger was completed on 1 May 2008 and the North-West Thermal Power Plant ceased to exist as independent company.

Since 2004, the power station was managed by Enel ESN Energo, a subsidiary of Enel.

See also

• OGK-1

References

1. ^ "Inter RAO UES to Triple in Price". Kommersant. 2007-12-20. http://www.kommersant.com/p838170/Inter_RAO_UES_reorganization/. Retrieved 2008-07-27. 

External links

• Official Site
• Теплоснабжение