District heating and power generation

The main activity of GSR TETs JSC is the combined thermal and electrical energy production and selling to consumers. Consumers (Subscribers) are the enterprises located at the industrial site of Kolpino District and the State Unitary Enterprise “Fuel and Energy Complex of Saint Petersburg”, which provide with energy the housing and communal services facilities of Kolpino inhabitants. The product in the form of electrical energy is supplied to the network to the wholesale market.

1. GSR Energy CCGT-TPP (2014)
2. Upgraded VK-2 water boiler station (2020)
3. Heating networks
4. Administrative and management units

During the period of 2011–2014, the energy generating equipment operation and maintenance management project was realized together with Fortum company in accordance with Fortum TOPGen® standards.

In 2014 a new GSR Energy CCGT-TPP was put into operation.

Modern equipment was purchased to equip the new station:

• PG6111FA gas turbine manufactured by General Electric, it s emblematic that the gas turbine serial number ends with 078 (Saint Petersburg code)
• two-pressure waste-heat boiler manufactured by Machine-Building Factory of Podolsk OJSC
• steam turbine with regulated heat extraction of T-25/33-7,6/0,12 type manufactured by Kaluga Turbine Works OJSC

Today steam and gas cycle technology is the most effective, ecologically friendly and safe.

Association “Nonprofit Partnership Council for Organizing Efficient System of Trading at Wholesale and Retail Electricity and Capacity Market” (Association “NP Market Council”) annually summarizes the performance of the electric power industry, generates efficiency ratings of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and participants of the wholesale and retail electric power markets.

Since 2015, GSR TETs JSC has been among the TOP-5 energy companies in Russia according to the rating of the Association “NP Market Council” “Results of generating equipment operation in the wholesale market”.

https://www.np-sr.ru/ru/iasen/ratings/R100/index.htm

In 2017-2021 one of the largest water boiler plants (WC-2) of St. Petersburg in Kolpino (465 MW) was modernized. All stages of modernization were implemented without disconnection of heat supply.

• Improve equipment efficiency and reliability;
• To guarantee heat supply to the houses of the residents of Kolpino and workshops of enterprises at the industrial site of Kolpino District;
• Ensure non-stop operation of the VK-2 in the summer;
• Improve hydraulic modes;

• Take measures for energy saving and automated control of operating modes.

An expert optimisation of the internal heat supply schemes has been carried out for two years.