Hevel Solar to develop hydro-PV project in Russia

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Reddit
Email
As part of the agreement, a 1.27MW PV project will be installed at Nizhne-Bureyskaya, which is owned by Rushydro. Image: Hevel Solar

Hevel Solar and Russian hydropower company Rushydro have signed off on an agreement to develop a hybrid, hydro-PV installation at the Nizhne-Bureyskaya hydropower facility in the Amur Oblast of Russia.

As part of the agreement, a 1.27MW pilot project will be installed at Nizhne-Bureyskaya dam, which is owned by Rushydro. It is expected to be commissioned by the end of 2019. Hevel will handle design, construction and equipment supply duties for the installation, which will provide 1.4 million kWh of electricity annually and cut electricity costs at Nizhne-Bureyskaya.

This article requires Premium SubscriptionBasic (FREE) Subscription

Unlock unlimited access for 12 whole months of distinctive global analysis

Photovoltaics International is now included.

  • Regular insight and analysis of the industry’s biggest developments
  • In-depth interviews with the industry’s leading figures
  • Unlimited digital access to the PV Tech Power journal catalogue
  • Unlimited digital access to the Photovoltaics International journal catalogue
  • Access to more than 1,000 technical papers
  • Discounts on Solar Media’s portfolio of events, in-person and virtual

Or continue reading this article for free

Igor Shakhrai, general director of the Hevel, said: “This is the first engineering project of this (kind) not only in the Amur Region, but also in Russia. For the new solar power plant, we will use 370W heterojunction modules.”

Solar modules will be installed on the lower soil slopes of the dam site at Nizhne-Bureyskaya, with its southwest orientation allowing the modules to reach its peak exposure to sunlight.

2 December 2025
Málaga, Spain
Understanding PV module supply to the European market in 2026. PV ModuleTech Europe 2025 is a two-day conference that tackles these challenges directly, with an agenda that addresses all aspects of module supplier selection; product availability, technology offerings, traceability of supply-chain, factory auditing, module testing and reliability, and company bankability.
10 March 2026
Frankfurt, Germany
The conference will gather the key stakeholders from PV manufacturing, equipment/materials, policy-making and strategy, capital equipment investment and all interested downstream channels and third-party entities. The goal is simple: to map out PV manufacturing out to 2030 and beyond.

Read Next

July 24, 2025
2025 will be the first time in over a decade that solar power additions decline in the EU, according to a mid-year report from SolarPower Europe.
July 24, 2025
Spanish independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix has raised €2 billion (US$2.35 billion) through two refinancing transactions in Europe.
July 23, 2025
US-based microinverter manufacturer Enphase Energy saw a decline of two percentage points in its gross margin for Q2 2025 due to Donald Trump's “reciprocal” tariffs regime.
July 22, 2025
Statkraft has posted quarter-on-quarter declines in electricity generation and earnings in the second quarter of this year.
July 21, 2025
Enfinity Global has sold a 49% equity interest in its 402MW portfolio of solar plants in Italy to the SOFAZ.
July 18, 2025
Companies have signed 4.22GW of solar PV power purchase agreements in the first half of 2025, according to Swiss consultancy Pexapark.

Subscribe to Newsletter

Upcoming Events

Media Partners, Solar Media Events
September 2, 2025
Mexico City, Mexico
Solar Media Events
September 16, 2025
Athens, Greece
Solar Media Events
September 30, 2025
Seattle, USA
Solar Media Events
October 1, 2025
London, UK
Solar Media Events
October 2, 2025
London,UK