Irkutskenergo () is a power company in Russia. It mainly focus on the generation of
hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ...
.
The company's hydroelectric facilities are located on the
Angara River
The Angara ( Buryat and mn, Ангар, ''Angar'', "Cleft"; russian: Ангара́, ''Angará'') is a major river in Siberia, which traces a course through Russia's Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai. It drains out of Lake Baikal and is ...
:
Irkutsk,
Bratsk, and
Ust-Ilimsk
Ust-Ilimsk ( rus, Усть-Илимск, p=usʲtʲ ɪˈlʲimsk) is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara River. Population: 53,000 (1977).
History
An '' ostrog'' (fortress) was built on the present site of the town in the ...
hydroelectric power plants. In addition, the company owns 13 coal-fired
combined heat and power plant
Cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time.
Cogeneration is a more efficient use of fuel or heat, because otherwise- wasted heat from elect ...
s. The total installed capacity of Irkutskenergo is 12,879.9 MW of electric power and 13,002 Gcal/hour of thermal power.
Ownership
Irkutskenergo is controlled by
EuroSibEnergo, a subsidiary of
Oleg Deripaska owned
En+ Group
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, which owns a 90.8% share in the company.
The rest of shares is traded on the
Moscow Exchange
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.
Inter RAO
Joint Stock Company Inter RAO UES (russian: Публичное акционерное общество «ИНТЕР РАО ЕЭС», short form: Inter RAO), traded as, is a diversified energy holding company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Its ...
previously owned 40% of shares.
RusHydro
RusHydro (previous name: Hydro-OGK, russian: РусГидро) is a Russian hydroelectricity company. As of early 2012 it had a capacity of 34.9 gigawatts. In late 2009, it was the world's second-largest hydroelectric power producer
and is ...
had shown its interest to acquire stake owned by Inter RAO.
See also
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Bratsk hydroelectric plant
The Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station (also referred to as The ''50 years of Great October'' Dam) is a concrete gravity dam on the Angara River and adjacent hydroelectric power station. It is the second level of the Angara River hydroelectric st ...
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{{Power companies of Russia
Electric power companies of Russia
Companies based in Irkutsk
Companies listed on the Moscow Exchange
Hydroelectric power companies of Russia