Inter RAO not to upgrade plant as turbine cannot be made in Russia

MOSCOW, Jul 4 (PRIME) -- Russian power holding Inter RAO will not be able to modernize the Zainskaya power plant in the republic of Tatarstan because the turbine cannot be produced locally, Head of Inter RAO Strategy and Investment Division Alexei Maslov said on Monday.

“It is the most complicated turbine which we will not even try to service by ourselves. It is plain dependence on the latest technologies from General Electric (GE) and Siemens, which they will never ever bring to Russia,” he said at a meeting of the energy committee of the parliament’s lower chamber State Duma.

“We all together should decide what to do with the Zainskaya power plant.”

The Zainskaya power plant with a capacity of 2.2 GW is the largest thermal power plant in the republic of Tatarstan and is a backbone for the united energy system of the Middle Volga region.

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