Neftegaz: Gazprom commissions Russia’s most powerful combined cycle gas turbine unit at Kirishi SDPS

The town of Kirishi (Leningrad Oblast) hosted today the celebrations dedicated to commissioning of a combined cycle gas turbine unit CCGT-800 at the Kirishi SDPS.

Taking part in the events were Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Igor Sechin, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Shmatko, Russian Energy Minister, Nikolai Vinnichenko, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal Okrug, and Valery Serdyukov, Governor of the Leningrad Oblast.

CCGT-800 (a combined cycle gas turbine unit with the capacity of 800 MW) installed at the Kirishi SDPS is a unique project for Russia. Power generating unit No.6 (commissioned in 1975) was upgraded and two state-of-the-art gas turbines, 279 MW each (made by Siemens) with two brand new heat recovery boilers were built over the existing 300 MW steam turbine.  MORE