The station will start operating at full capacity in the presence of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The Adler Thermal Power Station is a modern combined-cycle 360 MW power station with a thermal capacity of 227 Gcal/h), consisting of two self-contained PGU-180 power units of 180 MW each. The station's main and reserve fuel is natural gas, the most environmentally friendly energy resource. The station has significantly improved the energy supply to Sochi, providing a reliable electricity and heating supply for the sport and tourism infrastructure in the Imereti Valley and other mountain resort facilities. It has also substantially reduced Sochi’s dependence on neighbouring power systems. The Adler Thermal Power Station’s capacity will cover over one-third of the projected peak demand during the Olympic Games in 2014. It is also planned that the station will provide heating to Sochi’s Blinovo district in the future.

The station construction project is implemented under the government programme to build Olympic facilities and develop Sochi as a mountain resort. Construction was completed in April 2012. The permit to commission the facility was received on July 13, 2012.

The technical solutions and materials used in the construction of the Adler Thermal Power Station meet the highest Russian and international environmental standards. Advanced combined-cycle technology offers high efficiency (52%), low fuel consumption, and an average of 30% less harmful emissions than conventional steam power stations. Each unit has two gas turbines manufactured by Ansaldo Energia (Italy) and a Russian-made steam turbine manufactured by the Kaluga Turbine Plant.

The station’s cooling system was created to conserve water given the shortage in the area. It is a closed system of water-recycling with dry cooling towers. Cooling water circulates in a closed loop. This solution does not increase humidity and pollution.

Gazprom Mezhregiongaz has built a two-line pipeline to supply gas to the power station. The length of each line is 25.5 kilometres.

One line – with a 500-millimetre-diameter pipeline – runs from the Adler gas distribution station to the Adler Thermal Power Station and serves as the source of the station’s gas supply. The second thread – the 700-1,000-millimetre-diameter pipeline – will be connected to the branches leading to nearby villages and towns in the Adler district in addition to serving as a back-up for the other pipeline.