In Russia the modernization of old thermal power plants by 6 gigawatts is delayed for a year

20% of the modernization program of thermal power plants in Russia may be delayed for a year or more, the Kommersant newspaper reported, citing sources in generating companies.
We are talking about 26 projects with a total capacity of about 6 GW for 76 billion rubles. The reason was the delay in the supply of turbines and the increase in the cost of equipment.
Inter RAO postponed the launch of two power units of Nizhnevartovsk GRES for 17 months due to the extended delivery time of turbines by Silmash. The company explained the delay by the high workload of Russian suppliers.
The "Market Council" considered the change in the timing of modernization adequate to the situation that has developed due to sanctions. The regulator does not expect a serious decrease in the reliability of the power system in this regard.
However, experts believe that the arguments of the generating companies are insufficient for such a long transfer. The "Consumer Community" also found the problems with Russian suppliers unconvincing for such a significant disruption of the implementation dates: "it looks more like an attempt by generating companies to avoid responsibility for their own miscalculations."

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished