Responding to the current challenges to the stability of the operation of the Unified Energy System of Ukraine (UES-U), JSC "Ukrnafta" made a strategic decision to focus on the production of electric and thermal energy using natural gas. A gas-piston plant is a generation system created on the basis of an internal combustion piston engine that runs on natural or other fuel. The project involves the installation of a complex of gas-piston plants with a total installed capacity of up to 20 MW on the territory of the production facilities of a utility in Cherkasy region, which will run on natural gas, in order to produce and supply electricity for sale on the "day-ahead market" (DAM) in peak load mode, and to provide auxiliary services to NPP "Ukrenergo". In addition to receiving additional profit, JSC "Ukrnafta" from the sale of electricity and/or the provision of auxiliary services, the project is designed to ensure the supply of an additional annual volume of thermal energy in the amount of ~ 22,307 Gcal for the territorial community, and electrical energy in the Unified Energy System-U in the amount of 82 GWh per year. In addition to the generation of electricity as such and ensuring the supply of additional heat supply, the feasibility of installing gas-piston plants is due to the growing need for balancing services in the Unified Energy System-U. Gas-piston plant technologies are best suited for flexible modes with frequent starts and stops and can therefore effectively cooperate with generating plants from renewable energy sources and provide system services. Thus, the gas-piston power plant will be able to provide the so-called auxiliary services for balancing the power system, in particular, during hours of no wind (for wind power plants) or sunlight (for solar power plants).
Budget1'401'253'000 UAH
Implementation period26 months