Bratsk hydroelectric plant gets new turbine
{{date|October 7, 2006}}
[[Image:Bratsk hydroelectric plant turbine hall.jpg|right|thumb|Bratsk hydroelectric plant turbine hall]]
The city of [[w:Bratsk|Bratsk]] in [[w:Irkutsk Oblast|Irkutsk Oblast]], [[Russia]], received a new turbine for its famous 4,500 [[w:Watt|megawatt]] hydroelectric plant founded in the mid-1950s on the [[w:Angara|Angara]] river. In future this new unit will cause an efficiency rise up to 255MW for each turbine.

Currently, the Bratsk Power Station operates 18 [[w:hydro-turbine|hydro-turbines]], each with capacity of 250MW, produced by the [[w:Leningrad Metal Works|Leningrad Metal Works]] ("LMZ") in the 1960s. The plant is the second level of the Angara Hydroelectric Stations cascade. Since its full commissioning in 1967, the station was the world's single biggest power producer until Canada's [[w:Churchill Falls|Churchill Falls]] in 1971. Annually the station produces 22.6 billion kWh.

The precious 80 tonne cargo was transported to Pulkovo International airport of [[w:Saint-Petersburg|Saint-Petersburg]] where it was loaded on [[w:Antonov An-124|Antonov An-124-100]] Ruslan to made all the way to Bratsk by air. On October 4, 2006 it landed in the Bratsk airport. In two days the unit 16 replacement arrived to the assemble place on the Angara river.

Sergey Emdin, CEO of IrkutskEnergo [[w:Joint-stock company|JSC]], noted the press that the Bratsk plant reconstruction project includes not only the economical, but the ecological aspect by reducing [[w:carbon dioxide|carbon dioxide]] emission for 6 million tonnes for the period of 2008-2012.

In 2006 and 2007 the old plant is scheduled to receive two more working wheels - by one for each year respectively, and in 2008 and 2009 another four - by two for each year.

== Sources ==

* ''Russian TV news broadcast, Channel One, 07.10.2006''

* {{source|url=http://www.interros.ru/eng/news/331-340/326-2004-10-27.html
|title=«Silovye Mashiny» Singed an Agreement with «Irkutskenergo» on Equipment Delivery for Bratsk Hydro Power Station
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|pub=Interros Company Press Release
|date=October 27, 2004}}

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Bratsk hydroelectric plant turbine hall
The city of Bratsk in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, received a new turbine for its famous 4,500 megawatt hydroelectric plant founded in the mid-1950s on the Angara river. In future this new unit will cause an efficiency rise up to 255MW for each turbine.

Currently, the Bratsk Power Station operates 18 hydro-turbines, each with capacity of 250MW, produced by the Leningrad Metal Works ("LMZ") in the 1960s. The plant is the second level of the Angara Hydroelectric Stations cascade. Since its full commissioning in 1967, the station was the world's single biggest power producer until Canada's Churchill Falls in 1971. Annually the station produces 22.6 billion kWh.

The precious 80 tonne cargo was transported to Pulkovo International airport of Saint-Petersburg where it was loaded on Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan to made all the way to Bratsk by air. On October 4, 2006 it landed in the Bratsk airport. In two days the unit 16 replacement arrived to the assemble place on the Angara river.

Sergey Emdin, CEO of IrkutskEnergo JSC, noted the press that the Bratsk plant reconstruction project includes not only the economical, but the ecological aspect by reducing carbon dioxide emission for 6 million tonnes for the period of 2008-2012.

In 2006 and 2007 the old plant is scheduled to receive two more working wheels - by one for each year respectively, and in 2008 and 2009 another four - by two for each year.

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