CONDITION OF THE MAIN POWER STATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006200780007-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 21, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENT RALe t ELLIG :NCC: AGENCY REPORT
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SUBJECT Condition of the Llain Poorer Stations
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REPORT CD NO.
DATE DISTR. 2 NOV 50
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NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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1. The general capacity of the main povor stations of the Russian Zone is given
below:
Dittorfeld
I3dhlen
Espenhain
Zschornewritz
HHarbke
Ili rschfelde
Lauta
Schkopau
216 million watts
193
Lw 97
Trdglitz 70 a to
2. Only the Espenhain.9 Schkopau and Tr6glitz porcr stations can be described as
modern, up.-to-date plants o The general condition of these tl e, as 'gel.]. as
I38len, Ilarbkv, I3ittorfeld and Luna, can be considered satisfactory.
3. The pov er stations at Zschornewitz, Ilirsclzfelde and Lauta are out-of-date
and in poor condition, since all their modern equipment 'yas dismantled in
1945. Spare parts for turbines, boilers and steam pipes are in very short
supply and those which are being supplied are generally of inferior quality.
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CENTI?AL 123 L NCE AGENCY
SAG's are now also bung to be affected. "Jith little prospect of obtaining
high-grade spare parts, including new insulation of generators and large
transformer coils, and without the rest-r rlin workshops of the AEG and SSW
plants, no improver nt may be expected during 1950 - 51.
5. The Lauta power station is in the worst condition of all. Only one of the
five turbine sets is in a reasonable satisfactory condition, but this set
also lacks new con. enser pipes. The boilers of this power station are in
great need of repair; so of them are already unsafe. The cooling towers
are rotting and the 5/100 1 T transformers are in a poor state of insulation,
6. In order to replace and repair power stations now out-of-date and in a poor
condition and to meet the additonal electricity requirements of the next fear
years, a sum of at least one billion DU will be required, This amount would
also cover the costs of extending the high-tension network of the Russian
one, About 50 -- 60 percent of this sum would be required in the form of
foreign currency. These figures were prepared in November 1949 by H.A. Energie
but barely 10 percent of this sum has so far been made available and no orders
for any heavy egruL icnt have yet been placed 50X1 -HUM
Con nt 1: The figures given in paragraph 1 are max mom: capacities
anc arc reportedly not always attained, At the moment for instance (August
1950), Lauta is producing only 70 million watts.
Cc gent 2: little will be done to 50X1 -HUM
n finance repairs unti-L a serious re o? takes places. 50X1-HUM
SECT /CONTROL -JS ONLY
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