Govt rules to start making high-capacity gas turbines in Russia

MOSCOW, Mar 28 (PRIME) -- The Russian government will allocate 7 billion rubles in 2019–2021 to produce high-capacity gas turbines in the country, according to a statement released on Thursday.

“The federal budget for 2019-2021 envisages 7 billion rubles towards this goal. It is expected that the amount of non-budget financing of the project will be at least 7 billion rubles as well,” the statement read.

The minimum production of medium- and high-capacity turbines is to amount to 22 until the end of 2032. Long-term service agreements are to be signed during the sale of these turbines.

Russia buys high-capacity gas turbines from Siemens since there is no local production. In 2017 Siemens said that all the four turbines meant to be used on a Russian power plant on the Taman Peninsula were illegally shipped to Crimea, forcing the company to cancel its licensing agreements to sell power equipment to Russian firms and suspend then-current agreements with state-run companies.

Siemens continues litigation with its Russian contractors, and the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry developed a three-year roadmap to produce gas turbines with 110–170 megawatt (MW) capacity.

(64.5925 rubles – U.S. $1)

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