On July 14, 2016, E.ON Connecting Energies LLC, an affiliate company of Unipro PJSC, bought a 50% share in AO NATEK Invest-Energo that owns and operates a mini power plant in Krasnogorsk region. On 25 May 2016, the transaction was approved by the Federal Antimonopoly Service.
In accordance with the shareholder agreement, the parties will jointly manage the cogeneration plant ‘Myakinino’ located in Krasnogorsk. The mini power plant is a distributed generation facility commissioned in 2007. The plant is the only energy source that supplies heat and energy to consumers in Myakinino flood plain, including the administrative and economic complex of the Moscow region government, the Moscow regional court building, Leroy Merlin trading centre and KUBIK business centre.
The power plant operates on a cogeneration basis and simultaneously generates electric energy and heat which ensures high technological and economical efficiency, reduces impact on the environment. The installed capacity of the Myakinino power plant amounts to 30 MW of electric energy and 46 Gcal of heat energy, the current capacity amounts to 21 MW and 35 Gcal respectively. It is planned to increase the estimated capacity of the plant by 20% by the end of 2016. The power plant is equipped with modern GE JENBACHER gas piston aggregates (Austria), HOVAL standby boilers (Germany), and SIEMENS distributed control system.
Using the accumulated European experience, E.ON Connecting Energies LLC will integrate the Myakinino power plant into its production network, which will permit to increase the plant’s technical and economic performance.