Kurchaloevskaya solar power plant

History

2025: Power Plant Launch

In Chechnya, the Kurchaloevskaya solar power plant (SES) with a capacity of 25 MW was put into operation. This was announced on December 24, 2025 by Unigrin Energy. The total volume of financial investments in the project exceeded 2.5 billion rubles.

According to TASS, with the introduction of a new facility, the total capacity of solar generation in the region increased 2.7 times, reaching 39.2 MW. General Director of Unigrin Energy Igor Shahrai said that the share of solar power in the energy balance of the republic approached 10%. He stressed that this was the result of systemic work to develop clean generation, which supplies industry and agriculture, while preserving the ecosystem.

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The construction of the station on an area of ​ ​ 55 hectares (comparable to the territory occupied by 76 football fields) started in April 2024. More than 46 thousand bilateral solar modules were installed at the facility, including a jubilee module of domestic production manufactured in Chuvashia.

The equipment includes Russian inverter stations and switchgears. The key technology has become tracker systems - mechanisms that automatically rotate panels after the sun. As noted in Unigrin Energy, this increases electricity generation by 20-25% compared to static structures.

The planned annual output of the Kurchaloevskaya SES is estimated at 36.7 million kVt·ch. Such an indicator will reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions by 13 thousand tons.

After completing all the necessary procedures, from January 1, 2026, the station will begin supplying electricity and capacity to the wholesale market. "All generated electricity from a solar power plant will be supplied to the unified energy system of the region, and then distributed to consumers, providing both industrial enterprises, the social sphere and the residential sector," the company said.^[1][2][3][4]

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