Russian equipment supplier Power Machines announced October 29 it signed a contract worth 3 billion rubles (US$122 million) to supply pump-turbines for the 840-MW Zagorskaya 2 pumped-storage project.
Hydro generator HydroOGK awarded the contract to Power Machines in July to design, manufacture, and supervise installation of four 214-MW pump-turbines having a 6.3-meter diameter. (HNN 7/20/07)
Power Machines, which is to supply the Zagorskaya 2 units between 2009 and 2011, also equipped the original 1,200-MW Zagorskaya pumped-storage plant, also called Zagorsk, in the 1980s.
Russian government and hydro industry officials formally launched construction of Zagorskaya 2 on July 10 in the Moscow Region, aimed at meeting peaking capacity deficits and regulating the grid in European Russia. The 30 billion ruble (US$1.18 billion) project is to go on line in 2010, with full completion in 2012.
Hydro generator HydroOGK awarded the contract to Power Machines in July to design, manufacture, and supervise installation of four 214-MW pump-turbines having a 6.3-meter diameter. (HNN 7/20/07)
Power Machines, which is to supply the Zagorskaya 2 units between 2009 and 2011, also equipped the original 1,200-MW Zagorskaya pumped-storage plant, also called Zagorsk, in the 1980s.
Russian government and hydro industry officials formally launched construction of Zagorskaya 2 on July 10 in the Moscow Region, aimed at meeting peaking capacity deficits and regulating the grid in European Russia. The 30 billion ruble (US$1.18 billion) project is to go on line in 2010, with full completion in 2012.
