The power plants of Unipro PJSC have generated 28.0 bln kWh for the period between January and June 2016, which is 7.1% higher compared to the corresponding period of 2015. Electricity sales volume in the first half of 2016 totalled 30.0 bln kWh (+9.1% compared to the previous year).
Generation volume growth during the report period resulted from the increase in production by Surgutskaya GRES-2 (+14.6%) due to the involvement of Unit 4 that was undergoing repairs in the corresponding period of 2015. Berezovskaya GRES has increased its electricity generation by 6.9%. The generation volume of Shaturskaya GRES, Yaivinskaya GRES, and Smolenskaya GRES has decreased as a result of changes in repair schedules and downtimes of generating equipment placed into cold reserve.
During the report period, heat power generation has increased by 2.6% compared to 2015 and totalled 1136,6 th. Gcal. The growth was caused by weather conditions.