Novocherkasskaya GRES power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Russiacoal}}Novocherkasskaya GRES power station is a 2,740-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Rostov province, Russia.
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is near Donskoi settlement, Oktyabrsky district, Rostov province. The new unit is on the far western end of the plant.
Background on Plant
The Novocherkasskaya GRES coal-fired power plant is owned by OGK-2 (Second Generating Company of the Wholesale Power Market), a subsidiary of the Russian gas giant Gazprom. The plant is located near the city of Novocherkassk, and consists of eight 264-MW coal-fired units. Construction was originally approved in 1952; the first unit went online in 1965, and the final, eighth unit in 1972. The plant has since been converted to run on gas as a supplementary fuel, but the primary fuel is still coal.[1][2][3]
The plant was formerly owned by OGK-6, which was also majority-owned by Gazprom; Gazprom merged OGK-6 into OGK-2 in November 2011. The boilers in Units 6 and 7 were replaced in 2005 and 2009, respectively.[4]
Planned retirement
In July 2017, Gazprom reported that it was considering shutting down all units at the plant except for the newly constructed Unit 9, due to problems with coal supply and unprofitability.[5] In November 2018 Gazprom Energoholding announced that it would seek the privileged status of “forced generation” for the plant for 2022-2024 as part of a plan to keep it open despite its unprofitability.[6] The plant is scheduled to operate until 2024.[7] In November 2018 the Economic Affairs Committee of the Rostov Region Legislative Assembly endorsed closing the plant by Jan. 1, 2021.[8]
Description of Expansion
In 2011, OGK-2 signed a contract for the construction of a 330-MW ninth coal-fired unit at Novocherkasskaya. The construction contractor is SWECO Soyuz Engineering, a subsidiary of SOYUZ Holding. Unit 9 will run on circulating fluidized bed technology. Total construction cost will be about $700 million.[4] The boiler was built by U.S. company Foster Wheeler.[9] Completion was originally scheduled for November 2015.[10] In July 2015, the provincial government said the unit was on track to be completed in late 2015 or early 2016.[11]
The unit was successfully tested in December 2015.[12] The unit was completed and brought online in July 2016.[13]
Plant Details
- Sponsor: OGK-2 (Second Generating Company of the Wholesale Power Market)
- Parent company: Gazprom
- Location: Donskoi settlement, Oktyabrsky district, Rostov province, Russia
- Coordinates: 47.401, 40.232 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Gross capacity: 2,410 MW (Units 1-8)
- Type: Supercritical
- In service: 1965-72
- Coal type: Anthracite
- Coal source:
- Source of financing:
Project Details for Unit 9 Expansion
- Sponsor: Gazprom
- Status: Operating
- Gross Capacity: 330 MW
- Type: Circulating fluidized bed[4]
- In service: July 2016
- Coal Type: Anthracite
- Coal Source: Rostov and Kuznetsk coal mining areas, Russia[1]
- Source of financing: Own-financed[4]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Novocherkasskaya GRES, OGK-2 website, accessed Feb. 2014.
- ↑ Новочеркасская ГРЭС, Novocherkassk website, accessed Feb. 2014.
- ↑ Новочеркасская ГРЭС, Wikipedia (Russian), accessed June 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 OGK-2 Annual Report, pp. 8, 13, 90, 100-02, 232.
- ↑ «Газпром» задумался об отключении Новочеркасской ГРЭС, Don News, 27 July 2017.
- ↑ Вынужденные доходы Новочеркасской ГРЭС светят долгосрочные льготы, Kommersant, Nov. 29, 2018
- ↑ Власти Ростовской области почти выпросили для Новочеркасской ГРЭС ещё три года работы, Rostov News Agency, Nov. 16, 2018
- ↑ Власти Ростовской области почти выпросили для Новочеркасской ГРЭС ещё три года работы, donnews.ru, Nov. 16, 2018
- ↑ Kalle Nuortimo et al, The CFB Technology Benefits in Comparison with Conventional Solid Fuel Generation Technologies for Utility and Cogeneration Applications, Foster Wheeler presentation, Mar. 5-6, 2013, pp. 11-12.
- ↑ На 9-м энергоблоке Новочеркасской ГРЭС завершен монтаж каркаса котла, SOYUZ press release, 20 Jan. 2014.
- ↑ Новочеркасская ГРЭС запустит энергоблок №9 в конце 2015 – начале 2016г, РосБизнесКонсалтинг, 1 July 2015.
- ↑ На новом энергоблоке Новочеркасской ГРЭС проведен первый розжиг, OGK-2 press release, 14 Dec. 2015.
- ↑ На Новочеркасской ГРЭС запущен в работу новый энергоблок, Rostov Gazeta, 1 July 2016.
