Cherepetskaya power station
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Cherepetskaya power station is a 1,910-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Tula province, Russia.
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is near Suvorov city, in Suvorov district, Tula province.
Background on Plant
The Cherepetskaya power station was approved by the Soviet Ministry of Power Plants in 1948, and the first four 140-MW units (burning brown coal) were completed in 1953-58. In 1963-66, the plant was expanded by an additional two 300-MW and one 265-MW units (burning black coal).[1][2]
In February 2016 it was reported that declining energy prices would force Inter Rao to retire 865 MW of the plant's capacity in 2019: the two 300-MW units and one 265-MW unit.[3] A different report from February 2016 was that Inter Rao would retire a total of 1,285 MW at the plant, meaning that three of its original 140-MW units would also be retired.[4]
A May 2019 audit of the plant found that personnel were inadequately trained and that the plant's equipment was becoming increasingly unreliable.[5]
Description of Expansion
The RAO UES 2006-10 five-year plan (from before the restructuring of RAO UES), which RAO management approved in January 2007, lists as a long-term project the addition of two 225-MW coal-fired units at Cherepetskaya, with a completion date of 2010.[6] These two additional 225-MW coal-fired units, Units 8 and 9, are being built by Inter RAO, at a cost of approximately $800 million.
In 2010, state and local permits were issued, and the company poured foundations for the two units.[7] The two units' electric alternators were completed in January 2013. Completion of Unit 8 is scheduled for the first quarter of 2014, and Unit 9 in the fourth quarter of 2014.[8][9]
Unit 8 was completed in December 2014.[10] Unit 9 was successfully tested in April 2015, and was completed in June 2015.[11][12]
Project Details for Units 8 & 9 Expansion
- Sponsor: JSC Inter RAO UES - EPP
- Parent company: Inter RAO UES
- Location: Suvorov city, Suvorov district, Tula province, Russia
- Coordinates: 54.136, 36.48 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Gross Capacity: 450 MW (Units 8 & 9: 225 MW)
- Type: Subcritical
- Projected in service: Dec. 2014 (Unit 8); June 2015 (Unit 9)
- Coal Type: Bituminous (DG Mark)[9]
- Coal Source: Kutnetzk Basin[9]
- Source of financing:
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References
- ↑ Cherepetskaya Thermal Power Plant, Inter RAO website, accessed Feb. 2014. The plant is owned by Russia's Inter RAO.
- ↑ Cherepetskaya Coal Power Plant Russia, Global Energy Observatory, accessed Feb. 2014.
- ↑ «Интер РАО» за четыре года закроет до 2,7 ГВт мощностей, Vedemosti, Feb. 29, 2016
- ↑ "Интер РАО" избавится от лишнего, Kommersant, Feb. 8, 2016
- ↑ На Черепетской ГРЭС все плохо, Pryaniki, May 30, 2018
- ↑ Investment Program of RAO UES of Russia Thermal Generation Companies for 2006-2010 and Key Power-Generating Equipment Required by OGK/TGK for its Implementation, RAO UES document, Jan. 29, 2007.
- ↑ OGK-3 2010 Annual Report, pp. 18, 20.
- ↑ На Черепетской ГРЭС завершен монтаж электрического генератора, Inter RAO press release, Jan. 23, 2013.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Projects: CHEREPETSKAYA SDPP, Inter RAO website, accessed Feb. 2014.
- ↑ Восьмой энергоблок Черепетской ГРЭС введен в эксплуатацию, Tekhnopromexport press release, 19 Dec. 2014.
- ↑ Завершились испытания 9−го энергоблока Черепетской ГРЭС, Big Power News, 3 Apr. 2015.
- ↑ Inter RAO Group Launches Ninth Power Generation Unit at Cherepetskaya TPP, Inter RAO press release, 3 June 2015.
