As informed Deputy Chief Designer on Hydroturbines Victor Yefimenko commissioning of this unit is supposed for December 2015. “Nowadays continues erection of unit. With participation of our specialists on supervision of erection, turbine mechanisms already assembled, generator is under erection now, next erection of auxiliary equipment, adjusting and starting tests will be implemented”, he noted.
Under contract concluded in April 2013, OJSC "Turboatom" will manufacture and supply full set of equipment for reversible Francis type hydraulic turbine ОРО170-В-730 Dniester HPSPP. Enterprise also implements supervision of erection, commissioning and adjustment works and testing. Maximum capacity of unit in turbine mode is 390 MW, in pump mode – 420 MW.