Russia replaces foreign gas turbine technology with its own high-capacity, Russian-developed gas turbine

The Russian government has developed its own alternative technologies to Western technology that it cannot import.

Vladimir Putin inaugurated the new unit of the Udarnaya Power Station in southern Russia via video link, during a ceremony broadcast on state television on Wednesday night.

Putin stated that it was important that "we have new production plants and that we become independent, technologically sovereign, at least in the segment," he said.

Previously, the majority of new power plants in Russia were based on gas turbines manufactured by foreign manufacturers such as Siemens, GE, and Alstom. These companies have since left the country due to the Ukraine conflict.

Since years, Russia has been working to produce its own large and medium-capacity power plant gas turbines. State-owned Rostec designed and built the GTD-110M at Udarnaya along with a turbine from Russian industrial group Power Machines.

The power station was built by Technopromexport (a Rostec subsidiary).

Rostec stated in a press release that the turbine is lighter, more compact and has comparable performance to foreign models.

The Udarnaya Plant's capacity has increased from 454 megawatts to 560 now that the new unit is operational. The plant will provide 10% of the energy needed in the Krasnodar area. Reporting by Anastasiya Lirchikova. (Writing by Gleb Stlyarov, Editing by Mark Trvelyan.

(source: Reuters)