Irkutskenergo commissions a 50 MW coal-fired unit at Novo-Irkutsk (Russia)

Irkutskenergo (forming part of EuroSibEnergo Group of Companies) has commissioned a new 50 MW unit at its Novo-Irkutsk coal-fired CHP power plant in the Irkutsk region of Russia. The plant consists of two 185 MW units, one 175 MW unit and two 60 MW units, commissioned between 1975 and 1987. Thus, the installed capacity of the Novo-Irkutskaya CHPP increased from 655 MW to 705 MW.

Irkutskenergo is Russia’s largest power and coal company comprising thermal power plants and hydropower plants, heating networks, open-pit coal mines, haulers, a repair facility and a coal processing plant. The installed capacity of the Company’s power plants totals 12.9 GW, with the capacity of the HPPs exceeding 9 GW. The total output of the coal mines (brown and black coal) amounts to 18.4 Mt/year. The main shareholders of Irkutskenergo include EuroSibEnergo, Russia’s largest private power company (forming part of En+ Group), which owns a 50.19% stake in Irkutskenergo, and INTER RAO UES holding a 40.007% stake.