Finnish energy company Fortum has commissioned a 247.5 MWe and 174 MWth unit at its Chelyabinsk gas-fired power plant in Russia. Fortum starts to receive capacity payments for this Chelyabinsk unit under the Russian government's Capacity Supply Agreements (CSA) as of 1 December 2015. A similar unit is currently under construction and will be commissioned in early 2016. The slight postponement is due to delays in construction. Upon completion, the combined capacity of the Chelyabinsk GRES units 1 and 2 will be 495 MW.
Fortum is active in Russia through TGC-10. The company has invested in the modernisation of its existing units and in the construction of eight new gas-fired power units. Once the modernisation programme concluded, Fortum will have nearly doubled its power generation capacity in Russia to approximately 5,200 MW. The new capacity will receive considerably higher capacity payments than the old capacity under the Capacity Supply Agreements.
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