The Board of Directors of Enel OGK-5 approved the investment project «Reconstruction of 300 Mw unit No. 5» at Reftinskaya GRES

The Board of Directors of Enel OGK-5 approved the investment project «Reconstruction of 300 Mw unit No. 5» at Reftinskaya GRES

This is the first project of large reconstruction of such generating capacities in the Russian power sector.
The following works will be performed during the reconstruction:
·Replacement of the old 300 MW Steam turbine with a new 325 MW steam turbine;
·Replacement of turbo-generator and refurbishment of excitation system;
·Refurbishment of the boiler, main steam piping, high pressure pre-heater and feed water pumps, 6 kV switchboards;
·Implementation of full-scale APCS (automated process control system) of the power unit;
·Replacement the electrostatic precipitators with new bag filters.
The reconstruction will take 15 months and the refurbished unit is expected to resume operation within year end 2011.
The reconstruction of Unit no. 5 is the first project of a major revamping programme for Reftinskaya GRES, the key production asset of Enel OGK-5, which generated more than half of the company’s total profit in 2009.
OJSC OGK-5 was registered in Yekaterinburg on October 27, 2004. On July the 7th of 2009 OJSC OGK-5 was rebranded to OJSC Enel OGK-5 by the decision of the General Shareholders’ Meeting.
The production affiliates of Enel OGK-5 are: Konakovskaya GRES, Nevinnomysskaya GRES, Sredneuralskaya GRES and Reftinskaya GRES. The total installed capacity of the company’s production assets is 8746,5 MW for electric power, and 2412 GCal/h for heat.
The share capital of Enel OGK-5 totals 35,371,898,370 roubles and is divided into ordinary shares with the nominal value of 1 rouble. The stake of the Federal Agency for Federal Property Management in the share capital of the company is 26,43%, the stake of Enel Investment Holding B.V. – 55,86%, the stake of minority shareholders – 17,71%. Enel OGK-5’s shares are listed in Quotation Lists A1 of MICEX and A2 of RTS.