Krasnoyarsk Mayor visits Yenisei Substation

On 22^nd January, 2014, Krasnoyarsk Mayor Edkham Akbulatov visited the 500kV Yenisei Substation, the second construction stage of which was completed under the order of the Backbone Electric Grids of Siberia (MES Siberia), a branch of JSC FGC UES. The power facility was visited due to the important stage in building the substation – comprehensive operation voltage testing of the first 801 MVA autotransformer installed by STG.

The Krasnoyarsk Mayor visited the substation control center, where he was shown the automated control system, and inspected the outdoor switchgear of the 500kV Yenisei Substation.

According to Samuil Zilberman, Director General of MES Siberia, the commissioning of the new substation will help to substantially lessen the load on the power equipment of Krasnoyarsk’s only 500 kV substation (Krasnoyarskaya) built back in 1963. The facility will allow to repair the power equipment and start revamping the Krasnoyarskaya Substation without impairing the reliability of electric power supply to consumers.

Emphasizing the importance of the new substation project, Edkham Akbulatov said, “The 500kV Yenisei Substation is one of the strategic facilities in Krasnoyarsk. All our projects within the Master Plan provide for commissioning a considerable amount of housing, social and production facilities and depend on the power industry.”

The Yenisei Substation project was launched in 2011. The Federal Grid Company’s planned investment in construction will exceed 9 billion roubles. To date, the substation control center, 220 V outdoor switchgear (OS) and 801 MVA autotransformer group with backup phase of 267 MVA have been built and installed within the area of 25 ha, as large as 35 football fields. The equipment will be soon subjected to operation voltage testing and the first autotransformer is expected to be put into service by the beginning of the autumn-winter period of 2014-2015. Also currently underway is the construction of 500 kV SG and approach power lines as well as the installation of the second 801 MVA autotransformer group of similar type to be commissioned next year.