Krasnodar GRES Project Volume I11 Environmental Assessment

7.0 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES
This section of the EA identifies and evaluates reasonable alternatives to the
Krasnodar GRES location, design, operation, and other parameters in order to
meet the ultimate objective of providing additional electrical power in the
Krasnodar Krai and alleviating the current power deficit. The purpose of this
analysis is to determine any options that may be more sound or beneficial from an
environmental, sociocultural, or economic perspective than the originally
conceived and proposed power plant. The specific, meaningful alternatives
evaluated for the Krasnodar GRES include:
The No Action Alternative,
Alternative Power Generation Technologies,
Alternative Plant, Water Pipeline and Transmission Line Locations,
Alternative Plant, Water Pipeline and Transmission Line Designs,
Alternative Fuel Utilization,
Alternative Water Supplies and Intakes,
Alternative Sanitary and Plant Wastewater Disposal,
Alternative Solid Waste Disposal, and
Alternative Pollution Control Systems and Equipment.
Each of these alternatives, which is described and discussed below, is evaluated
for its advantages and disadvantages according to its overall effectiveness,
feasibility, implementability, cost, and regulatory and community acceptance as
appropriate and consistent with this project's objectives and the environment and
infrastructure in the Krasnodar Krai and Mostovskoy areas.
7.1 No Action Alternative
The Krasnodar region of southern Russia, which is part of the North Caucasus
Unified Power System (UPS) has been experiencing electricity shortages and
disruptions for the past several years. The UPS has a combined installed capacity
of 10,557 MW, including 2,180 MW of hydro and 8,377 MW of fossil capacity.
However, a considerable portion of this installed capacity has been de-rated due
@ to age and deterioration in available fuel quality. Also, since some of the units
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