//STRATEGIC REVIEW At Novosibirskaya HPP, the turbine Modernization Program in that it looks 2017 to carry out an extensive upgrade replacement was followed by to replace equipment on a case-by- of the plant’s equipment and build gas commissioning of the hydropower case basis, bringing more advanced pipelines. It took less than a year to unit No. 7. The upgrade will boost alternatives to RusHydro’s facilities. build the infrastructure for an on-site Novosibirskaya HPP’s installed Its other priorities include extending gas pipeline and gas distribution capacity by 5 MW. lifespans of the core generation station, implement key utility systems equipment, reducing production costs and rehabilitate the boiler to feed on Cheboksarskaya HPP put into and enhancing the overall economic natural gas. All gas equipment has operation hydropower unit efficiency. been pre-commissioned successfully. No. 14 following its upgrade, The plant feeds on the natural gas which included the recovery Driven by the need to ensure long-term coming from the Zapadno-Ozernoye of the adjustable blade pitch reliability throughout its technological field, which is operated by Sibneft- and the replacement of complex, JSC RAO ES East Subgroup Chukotka. the generator stator. runs its own rehabilitation and modernization program (as part of its RusHydro’s Dagestan branch investment program). The development commissioned Miatlisnkaya HPP’s Rehabilitation and and implementation of this initiative hydropower unit No. 2. Now all HPP’s modernization program is regulated by RusHydro Group’s turbines were replaced (hydropower Technical Policy. unit No. 1 was upgraded in 2015). The rehabilitation and modernization program draws upon The rehabilitation and modernization the Comprehensive Modernization program saw Anadyr CHPP launch Program. While focused on its first gas power boiler under ensuring adequate maintenance a gasification agreement signed by and commissioning new capacities, RusHydro and the Government of it differs from the Comprehensive the Chukotka Autonomous Area in May Program for the development of energy based on renewables1 Using renewables is a top priority are implemented in isolated energy Given the local specifics, none of for RusHydro Group, which keeps hubs of the Far Eastern Federal the projects are standard by design, ramping up installed capacities by District outside of the Unified Energy the 1 MW northernmost SPP in Batagay building new HPPs and commissioning System. is not an exception. Our R&D spe- new power generation facilities. cialists have designed a prototype wind diesel and solar diesel power RusHydro was among the first in Solar and wind power in isolated stations and tested a range of Russia to start developing projects energy hubs equipment, including energy storage relying on geothermal, solar and wind units, all to be used in isolated energy power generation. One of RusHydro Since 2012, RusHydro Group has hubs of the Far Eastern Federal District. Group’s objectives for 2016–2020 with launched 19 solar power plants an outlook until 2025 is to improve with a total capacity of 1.6 MW and Commissioned in November 2018, energy efficiency by using alternative four wind power plants with a total a unique 900 kW wind power plant energy sources. Most of the projects capacity of 3.6 MW2. in Tiksi, an isolated polar settlement 1 Any renewable energy sources specified in Article 3 of Federal Law No. 35-FZ On Electric Power Industry dated March 26, 2003, excluding HPPs with an installed capacity of over 30 MW 2 Including the WPP in Tiksi, which is under pre-commissioning. 48 PJSC RusHydro | Annual Report 2018 in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), with three 3 MW diesel generators benefits, including the opportunity generates green power for over 4,500 and an energy storage system. Once to store drinking water for future use. residents. This facility ensures a more the project is completed, all these In Russia, smaller HPPs are defined stable power supply in Tiksi and systems will be integrated into a single as those with a capacity of 30 MW or makes Yakutia’s Bulunsky District less power generation complex. less (as per GOST R51238-98). They dependent on expensive diesel fuel are built on rivers as well as on lake deliveries – expected to shrink by 500 spillways, irrigation channels, etc. tonnes in annual terms. Its three unique Smaller HPPs turbines were designed to operate in 2018 saw the commissioning of an Arctic climate at temperatures as RusHydro is active in developing a 1.26 MW SHPP on the Bolshoy low as -50ºC and withstand winds of smaller HPPs, which are vital Zelenchuk River. up to 70 m/s. Manufactured by Japan’s for remote, hard-to-reach and Komaihaltec, each turbine is 41.5 m power-deficient areas as well as high and has 33 m blades. In 2019, for local water supply to towns RusHydro will continue working to and settlements. These plants are build a diesel power plant equipped sustainable and provide additional Ongoing RES projects Project RES Capacity, Year of Indirect economic impact MW commissioning 900 kW wind power plant Wind 0.9 2019 Replacing the output of a local diesel power plant in Tiksi, Bulunsky District (operated by JSC Sakha Energy’s Bulun Electric Power Grids) with renewable energy and reducing the consumption of expensive diesel fuel as a result. In addition, a 3,000 kW diesel power plant will be constructed, providing an energy storage unit for the wind diesel power station in Tiksi, Bulunsky District. Krasnogorskaya SHPP Water 24.9 2021 Addressing shortages within the energy system of Karachay-Cherkessia. Pravokubanskaya SHPP Water 24.9 2022 Verkhnebalkarskaya SHPP Water 10 2019 Enhancing the power supply to the Balkarian hub. Ust-Dzhegutinskaya SHPP Water 5.6 2019 Alleviating electricity shortages in Karachay-Cherkessia and enhancing the power supply by using water flows from the Ust-Dzhegutinskiy Main Hydrotechnical Complex. Barsuchkovskaya SHPP Water 5.25 2019 Creating new generating capacities in the North Caucasian Federal District. 49.