Volzhskaya GES

Technological and price audit of project documentation for the investment project "Replacement of power block transformers"

Country:

Russian Federation

Location:

Volgograd region

Customer:

RusHydro, PJSC

Period:

July 2017 - March 2018

Volzhskaya HPP is the largest hydroelectric power plant in the Volga-Kama cascade and Europe. The installed capacity of Volzhskaya HPP is 2671 MW. The project provides for the reconstruction of power block transformers:

  • replacement of 220kV single-phase power block transformers with three-phase transformers with a capacity of 320MVA each;
  • replacement of single-phase 500kV power block transformers with a capacity of 135MVA by single-phase transformers with a capacity of 160MVA each;
  • replacement of 220 kV busbar at the transformer connection section;
  • replacement of 500kV busbar on the transformer connection section.


The scope of services includes:

  • assessment of technical and constructive solutions;
  • assessment of construction terms and schedule;
  • assessment of construction costs feasibility and compliance of the project price with the cost of construction of analogues;
  • marketing research of the market of contracting services for the project realization;
  • assessment and classification of identified project risks;
  • list of identified inconsistencies, discrepancies, etc. identified in the course of the audit;
  • recommendations on optimization of the adopted technical solutions and construction costs, etc.