The new fast-start gas power unit will be built adjacent to the Berezovskaya combined heat and power plant, both operated by Brestenergo. Once operational, the new peaking plant will help further strengthen the reliability and stability of the Belarusian power grid.
The latest order follows a contract in 2019 for the delivery of 11 SGT-800 gas turbines for three peak load and backup power plants in Lukomlskaya, Novopolotskaya, and Minsk.
Similar to these three units, the new flexible power plant in Beloozersk is designed for 700 operating hours and 350 cold starts per year.
“Our most important requirement for the new power plant project was to select and purchase a highly maneuverable reliable peak and backup power plant to provide reliability of electricity supply to consumers,” said Sergey N. Shebeko, General Director of Brestenergo. “In the competitions for the right to supply equipment for this project Siemens technology, with the SGT-800 gas turbines, has won.”
Siemens’ complete scope of supply includes the five SGT-800 gas turbines with AC generators and the PCS 7 control system. It also comprises the gas receiving station, along with high- medium-, and low-voltage equipment.
Olaf Kreyenberg, Siemens’ head of Power Generation Europe and CIS, underlined “third order in a period of three months underscores the enormous trust that Belarus places in our technology and our capabilities.”