Krasnodar GRES Project Volume I11 Environmental Assessment

Interconnection to the existing transmission system is readily facilitated, 0
The site is located far enough distant from any biosphere and animal
reserves so as to have no measurable impact on these resources,
No resettlement of indigenous peoples is anticipated either during
construction or operation of the plant, and
The existing and projected transportation needs can be met by the current
roadways and rail line.
And, in addition, The electric transmission lines and water pipelines will not pass
through, under or over any sensitive ecological zones such critical habitats, bird
nesting areas, animal feeding areas, or migratory bird flight pathways. And, there
are no known rare, threatened or endangered species present at or on the site of
transmission and water pipeline routings.
Thus the Mostovskoy site is an environmentally optimal site for construction and
operation of the Krasnodar GRES, and in addition has been generally accepted for
a previous thermal power plant by the Russian Federation. 121(3)(4)
7.4 Alternative Plant, Water Pipeline and Transmission Line Designs
The Krasnodar GRES at Mostovskoy is to be a combined cycle natural gas plant of
900 MW capacity with future provision for expansion to 1,350 MW. The plant
will consist of two modular blocks of 450 MW, each containing two combustion
turbines of 150 MW capacity, two heat recovery steam generators, and one 150
MW steam generator. Dry low-NOx burners, best available control technology for
NOx control, will be utilized by the combustion turbines, and steam or water
injection will not be necessary for additional NOx control. The exhaust gas from
each combustion turbine will be routed to an individual heat recovery steam
generator and thence to the steam turbine. Each heat recovery steam generator
will be provided with a metal by-pass stack and will discharge into a common
stack, 150 meters high and 15 meters in diameter for maximum air dispersion of
NOx. Combined cycle natural gas plants, by their very nature and design, emit
essentially no other air pollutants such as oxides of sulfur or particulates. Air
pollutant emission and dispersion analyses, presented earlier in this EA, noted that
all applicable Russian Federation and World Bank air quality requirements will be
met or bettered.
The plant will use a dry cooling tower system to eliminate the need to withdraw
large quantities of water from the Laba River and to prevent the formation of any
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