Kola NPP seeks Shtokman power supply
In a meeting between representatives of the Kola Nuclear Power Plant and the Murmansk regional Ministry of Industry, Transport and Energy last week, the power plant leaders expressed special interest in power supplies to the Shtokman project.
According to a press release from the Kola NPP, the required power supply capacity to the project amounts to 1800 MWh. That includes supplies to the LNG plant and to the gas pumping stations, B-port.com reports.
Another meeting on the issue between the Kola NPP, gas company representatives, the regional administration and grid companies is to be held in January.
The Shtokman Development Company – the joint venture of Gazprom, Total and StatoilHydro – considers as an alternative to get the necessary power from processed gas. In addition, there are several planned major wind power plants in the region. The Shtokman field developers have however previously said that wind energy will not be used in the project.
The projected startup of the Shtokman project – one of the world’s biggest offshore gas fields – is year 2013. The 3,8 trillion cubic meters of gas is to be shipped to the markets 50 percent as LNG and 50 percent in pipelines.
The more than 35 year old Kola NPP remains a vital power generator in Murmansk Oblast. As BarentsObserver previously has reported, the company now plans to build a brand new power plant in the peninsula.
