Mosenergo could build power plant in Stupino to process waste
MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Mosenergo is preparing a pre-investment feasibility study to construct a waste-burning plant which would produce heat and electricity, according to materials from the SPARK Interfax database.
At the moment, the company is considering building a production complex with the ability to thermally process around 200,000-300,000 tonnes of waste per year with an electricity capacity of up to 25 mWt and heating capacity of up to 50 Gcal per hour, Mosenergo's press office told Interfax. The technical and economic parameters of the project will be determined based on the results of the feasibility study.
The plant could be built at the #17 TPP plant in Moscow Region.
"At the moment, Mosenergo is looking at the possibility of implementing the project to construct a production complex for thermal processing of waste accompanied by the production of electricity and heat on the territory of the existing #17 TPP plant, located in the city of Stupino," Mosenergo said.
The location for the pilot project was chosen on the basis of its territorial location and distance from housing facilities located in the production zone. The #17 TPP possesses a free area of over 10 hectares and the necessary infrastructure to expand production, which would allow the company to optimize a portion of capital investments in case the project is implemented and cut down on construction time.
"The implemtention of that kind of project would improve the environmental situation in the region by lowering the amount of waste that is dumped in landfills and increase the efficiency of the existing power plant's work," the company said.
Mosenergo said that a final decision on implementing the project would be made on the basis of a study by Russia's Economic Development Ministry, Energy Ministry and the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) on the issue of improving laws and regulations in the region for the use of renewal energy resources in terms of creating conditions for a return on capital investments when constructing power generating facilities operating on bio-fuel.
Earlier, Rostec and its subsidiary Fortum announced they were interested in the construction of plants to process waste and produce electricity. Russian Natural Resources and Environment Minister Sergei Donskoi said that Rostec could invest 30 billion rubles in waste-burning plants in Moscow Region and Tatarstan given overall investment of 150 billion rubles.
"The key issue with the project is how to create a system that pays fot itself, taking into accounts tariffs," Donskoi said. The Kommersant newspaper reported that a return on investment is expected to take place by increasing tariffs on electricity for manufacturing, on transporting waste for citizens and through tax concessions.