The Kupol powerhouse operates as an “Island Installation”, producing electricity but
not connected to an external power grid. The installed generating capacity is
approximately 25 MW with an anticipated demand of 15.5 MW using eight generating
units. A waste heat system recovers the equivalent of approximately 15 MW. The hot
medium is used to heat the mill building complex and the camp facility. A tank farm
can hold a combined 30,000 m³ of diesel duel, 800 m³ of aviation fuel and 300 m³ of
gasoline in ten welded steel tanks. All the fuel for the site is trucked from Pevek over
the winter road