http://www.yokogawa.com/success/ Success Story Executive Summary The Republic of Karelia is located in the northwest of the Russian Federation and has many hydro power plants making use of the abundant water resources. The Pal’eozersk hydro power plant was built in 1954 close to the Sun River which flows through Girvas city, with two 12.5 MW units. This is a cascade type of hydro power plant which uses the difference in height of the Sun River. The owner of the plant, Territorial Generating Company number 1 (TGC-1, also referred to as TGK- 1 [Territorial'naya Generiruyushchaya Kompaniya No. 1]), is a regional power generation company affiliated with Gazprom, the biggest gas company in Russia. TGC-1 owns power plants in the northwest of Russia

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