Hydraulic unit no.4 to be launched at Sayano-Shushenkskaya plant.

MOSCOW, August 2 (Itar-Tass) - Hydraulic unit No. 4 will begin
operation at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower station on Monday, almost
a year after the accident. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will watch the
launch from Moscow.
The government press service told Itar-Tass that during a meeting to
be held in the format of a videoconference, Vice-Premier Igor Sechin, who
is currently visiting the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower station, will
switch on the 640 megawatt hydraulic unit No.4 from the central remote
control desk.
The accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower station occurred on
August 17 last year. Out of ten operating hydraulic units three were
destroyed, another six were damaged. Two hydraulic units, No. 5 and 6,
that were least damaged, began operation earlier this year. Restoration
works on the station are expected to last four or five years. They will
cost 40 billion roubles.
After the launch of hydraulic unit No.4, Putin will hold a
teleconference to discuss further restoration works at the station.
Vice-Premier Igor Sechin, Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko, members of the
governmental commission for the restoration of the Sayano-Shushenskaya
hydropower station, Evgeny Dod, the chairman of the governing board of the
RusHydro joint-stock company, the governor of Khakasiya Viktor Zimin,
representatives of specialized Russian ministries and agencies, design and
construction companies, scientific institutes, enterprises that produce
equipment will participate in the teleconference with Putin.
"Commercial operation of the already launched hydraulic units 5 and 6
and the fourth unit which is going to be launched will make it possible to
develop the basic capacity of 1,920 megawatts, minimize the risks of flood
discharge and guarantee water supply to the population, industrial and
social facilities located in the lower pool of the hydropower station,"
the government press service emphasized.
"Hydraulic unit No.3 is to go into operation before the end of 2010.
After that, the capacity of the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower station
will reach 2,560 megawatts. That will make it possible to survive the
autumn-winter season of 2010-2011 without standard water discharge," the
source went on to say.
The unprecedented accident that shook the Sayano-Shushenskaya
hydropower station on August 17, 2009 claimed the lives of 75 people and
destroyed or damaged the station's main equipment. Rescue teams cleared
away more than 5,000 cubic meters of rubble, pumped out more than 277,000
cubic meters of water and collected 325 tons of oil emulsion.
The restoration of the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower station is to be
completed by 2014.
The Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower station is the biggest in Russia
and one of the biggest in the world. The station's design capacity is 6.4
million kilowatts, the average annual energy generation - 22.8 billion
kilowatts. Ten 640-megawatt hydraulic units are installed at the
hydropower station.

. "New Wave-2010" song contest ends in Jurmala.

RIGA, August 2 (Itar-Tass) - Armenian singer Sonna Shakhgeldyan has
won the "New Wave-2010" international contest of young pop music
performers in Jurmala and a prize worth 50,000 euros that goes with it.
Tatyana Shirko of Ukraine, who is second, received 30,000 euros and
20,000 euros for the third place went to Uku Suviste of Estonia.
On the first day, the singers performed a world hit, on the second day
they sang their country's hit and on the last third day of the contest
they presented a song written specially for the "New Wave-2010" music show.
The Viewers' Choice prize went to the young Russian performer Yegor
Sesarev. A singer from Israel and the Latvian group "PeR" shared the prize
of the Jurmala City Duma. Dozens of Russian and foreign stars performed on
the stage of the Dzintari concert hall on the sidelines of the three-day
music festival.
The "New Wave" contest has replaced the Jurmala festival that was
held in the former USSR. "New Wave" is traditionally held on July
27-August 1. Seventeen performers from 12 countries took part in it this
year.
Russian composer Igor Krutoi and Latvian musician Raimond Pauls are
the patrons of the "New Wave" contest.
Over nine year of its existence, the "New Wave" contest has opened
many Russian pop singers to the public. They include the Smashi group,
Anastasiya Stotskaya, Dima Bilan, Polina Gagarina and Irina Dubtsova.
Latvian performers have won the contest twice: the Cosmos pop group and
singer Intars Busulis.
Some of the "New Wave" winners later represented their countries at
the Eurovision song contest.


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