Alabuga Special Economic Zone enters the highest level of energy supply reliability
8 December 2014, Monday
On December 8, in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in commissioning a new 600 MW distribution substation to offer resident companies the highest category of energy supply reliability.
The new 110 kV distribution substation receives 350 MW of electricity from two sources of power supply – the Toima-2 (100 MW) and Schelokov-500 (250 MW) substations, and in the future it will be able to receive additional 218 MW of electricity from the Yelabuga heat power station.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Minnikhanov emphasized the importance of the event. "For many of our residents it is very important to have uninterrupted power supply. It was not an easy task, we solved it step by step and finally we coped with it," he said.
“Today, the SEZ "Alabuga" has the highest level of energy supply reliability, and I am convinced that this increases the competitiveness of our special economic zone by many times," Minnikhanov said.
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