Investment in Krasnoyarsk Territory energy to be 95 bln rubles for 3 yrs - minister
KRASNOYARSK. June 7 (Interfax) - Investment in the development of electric power in Krasnoyarsk Territory for a three-year period will amount to 95 billion rubles, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said at a Thursday meeting in Krasnoyarsk devoted to the prospects for developing energy in the region.
The biggest investors are Federal Grid Company UES (29 billion rubles), OJSC RusHydro , which operates the majority of Russia's hydroelectric power plants (21.4 billion rubles), and Inter-Regional Distribution Grid Company (IDGC) (more than 3.5 billion rubles), Novak said.
"Last year, for the first time in the last 25 years, 6 gWt of power capacity was launched in the country. Of the 6 gWt that should be launched this year, 2.2 gWt, almost 40%, is being built in Krasnoyarsk Territory," the minister said. The biggest targets for investment in 2012 are the first line at Boguchany hydropower plant and the first unit at Krasnoyarsk combined heat and power plant #3, he said.
At the present time, total power-generation capacity concentrated in Krasnoyarsk Territory amounts to more than 11 gWt.