Barnaulskaya-3 power station
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Barnaulskaya-3 power station (Barnaul-3, Барнаульская ТЭЦ-3) is an operating power station of at least 455-megawatts (MW) in Barnaul, Industrialny, Altai Republic, Russia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Barnaulskaya-3 power station | Barnaul, Industrialny, Barnaul, Altai Republic, Russia | 53.335634, 83.610099 (exact) |
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3: 53.335634, 83.610099
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Emergency/Backup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Operating | coal: lignite, fossil gas: natural gas[1] | 80 | subcritical | yes | 1981 | False |
| Unit 2 | Operating | coal: lignite, fossil gas: natural gas[1] | 185[2] | subcritical | yes | 1983 | False |
| Unit 3 | Operating | coal: lignite, fossil gas: natural gas[1] | 190 | subcritical | yes | 1985 | False |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | SGK-Altai JSC [100%][3] | Linetrust PTC Ltd [55.9%]; unknown [18.8%]; Linea (CY) Ltd [18.5%] |
| Unit 2 | SGK-Altai JSC [100%][3] | Linetrust PTC Ltd [55.9%]; unknown [18.8%]; Linea (CY) Ltd [18.5%] |
| Unit 3 | SGK-Altai JSC [100%][3] | Linetrust PTC Ltd [55.9%]; unknown [18.8%]; Linea (CY) Ltd [18.5%] |
Project-level coal details
- Coal source(s): domestic
Ownership Tree
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Background
The three-unit, 445-MW coal-fired Barnaulskaya-3 power station is owned by Barnaul Generation, which in turn is owned by SUEK. The plant used to be part of TGC-2 (Kuzbassenergo) until restructuring in 2013.
The station is the largest in the Altai territory. It supplies heat for domestic use as well steam to some industrial users.[4]
The plant’s three units were brought online between 1981 and 1985.[5][6][7] The power station consists of three turbines and 12 boilers (five power-generating and seven water-heating boilers).[4]
The gross capacity of the station is stated to be 445 MW on the company's website.[4] The System Operator's document released in February 2023 confirms the plant's capacity at 445MW.[8] Electricity generation in 2022 was 2,312 million kWh.[9]
Fuel Uncertainty
Since 1997, four boilers have been converted to operate on natural gas.[7] The System Operator's document released in February 2023 stated that the plant can operate on both gas and coal.[8] However according to the company's website the main fuel is lignite coal.[4] Other media sources from 2018 and 2020 suggested the same - lignite coal is supplied to the plant from the Borodinsky coal mine, also owned by SUEK.[10][11] The coal mine is located in Krasnoyarsk region more than 1,000 km away from the power plant. Media source from November 2024 referred to sufficient coal stocks at the plant.[12] 2025 media report suggested that the plant uses lignite coal.[13]
Modernization
As part of the plant's modernization, it was planned to increase capacity of Unit 2 by 10MW to 185 MW by 2026.[8] The same plan was confirmed in the updated government planning documents as of November 2025.[14] In 2025, capital repair and modernization of turbine Unit 2 was completed, and commissioning tests confirmed an increase in the station's total installed capacity from 445 MW to 460 MW.[15]
In November 2023, it was also reported that capital repairs of Unit 3 were completed and the turbine was put back in operation.[16]
In June 2025, it was reported that Barnaulskaya-3 CHPP carried out major repairs on boiler #5 was completed, with total costs around RUB 29.3 million ($370,000), and boiler #4 was scheduled to start repairs on June 12, with expected costs of RUB 35 million ($442,000). These works were reported to improve the reliability and efficiency of the station. [17]
In 2025, modernization of the circulating pump station began, with the first of four new pumps installed during the summer.[18] In early 2026, modernization work continued across several areas. In January 2026, installation of the second new circulating pump began as part of a four-pump replacement program at the circulating pump station, with two more pumps planned for replacement during 2026. Total SGK investment in this project was 340 million rubles (approximately $3.8 million). The upgrade was expected to improve energy efficiency, reduce electricity consumption for the station's own needs, and improve vacuum depth in turbine condensers, critical for turbine efficiency.[18] By late March 2026, pump No. 1 had been commissioned and pump No. 4 was 70% installed.[19]
In March 2026, SGK allocated 117.5 million rubles (approximately $1.3 million) for repairs of boiler #3 and turbine Unit 2. Repairs to boiler #3, costing 82.5 million rubles (approximately $925,000), involved replacement of 23.7 tonnes of furnace wall tubes, with completion scheduled for mid-May 2026. A scheduled repair of turbine Unit 2 (190 MW) costing 35 million rubles (approximately $393,000) ran from 21 to 29 March 2026.[20]
In March 2026, delivery and unloading of the new stator for turbogenerator No. 2 (not to be confused with the whole turbine Unit 2) was completed at the station. The stator, weighing 193 tonnes, was being installed as part of a full replacement of the turbogenerator, which was manufactured at the Soviet-era Kharkiv plant (now Ukraine) and had reached the end of its service life. The new turbogenerator was being supplied by the domestic manufacturer ELSIB. Remaining components — excitation system, oil system, cooling system, and pump units — were expected to be delivered and installed in 2026.[21]
In April 2026, SGK reported that total spending on repair and modernization of equipment at Altai Krai power plants (Barnaulskaya-2 power station, Barnaulskaya-3 power station, Biysk-1 power station, Yuzhnaya Teplovaya Stantsiya (6 MW)) in 2026 would exceed 5.5 billion rubles (approximately $62 million), with repairs of 62 units of equipment planned across four stations. At Barnaulskaya-3 specifically, repairs of five boilers, three turbines, and three generators were planned, including capital overhaul of one boiler and one turbine-generator set. During the capital overhaul of turbine unit No. 1, the low-pressure cylinder regulating diaphragm was to be modernized and high-pressure cylinder steam crossover pipes replaced. Additionally, the crossover steam pipeline between boilers No. 4 and No. 5 was to be updated.[22]
Corruption case
In November 2017 a notary for Barnaulskaya-3 was convicted of embezzling 38 millions rubles from the plant, and was sentenced to four years and three months in prison.[23]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.gem.wiki/Coal_source_methodology_for_the_Global_Coal_Plant_Tracker.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20260418013248/https://altai.aif.ru/company/zapas-moshchnosti-altayskie-energetiki-podveli-itogi-raboty-v-2025-godu. Archived from the original on 2026-04-18. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125144029/https://www.so-ups.ru/fileadmin/files/company/future_plan/public_discussion/2023/final/01_Altaiskii_krai_fin.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "БАРНАУЛЬСКАЯ ТЭЦ-3". Sibgenco.ru. Retrieved November 2022 via Wayback Machine.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Global Power Plant Database, World Resources Institute, Version 1.0.0, April 2018.
- ↑ Barnaulskaya CHPS-3 Russia, Global Energy Observatory, accessed June 2018.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Барнаульская ТЭЦ-3, Wikipedia (Russian), accessed June 2018.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Перечень электростанций, действующих и планируемых к сооружению, расширению, модернизации и выводу из эксплуатации (page 40)" (PDF). www.so-ups.ru. February 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Выработка СГК в 2022г достигла рекордного уровня, увеличившись почти на 14%". https://www.bigpowernews.ru/. January 2023.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ "На Барнаульских ТЭЦ формируют запасы угля". barnaul.org. August 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "540 тысяч тонн угля составляют запасы на складах барнаульских ТЭЦ". barnaul.org. October 27, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ ""Высокий уровень". Барнаул получил паспорт готовности к отопительному сезону". /www.amic.ru. November 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Как банкротство российских угольных предприятий может отразиться на Алтайском крае". www.asfera.info. March 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Схема и программа развития электроэнергетических систем России на 2026–2031 годы. Обосновывающие материалы. Книга 2: Алтайский край" (PDF). so-ups.ru. 2025. Retrieved Dec 4, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Запас мощности. Алтайские энергетики подвели итоги работы в 2025 году". altai.aif.ru. December 2025. Retrieved April 2026.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "На Барнаульской ТЭЦ-3 завершился капитальный ремонт турбины". sibgenco.online/. October 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "На Барнаульской ТЭЦ-3 ремонтируют котлоагрегаты". energybase.ru. Jun 9, 2025. Retrieved Dec 4, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 18.0 18.1 "На Барнаульской ТЭЦ-3 продолжается модернизация циркуляционной насосной". sibgenco.online. 29 January 2026. Retrieved April 2026.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Энергетики Барнаульской ТЭЦ-3 приступили к очередному этапу модернизации циркуляционной насосной". sibgenco.online. 26 March 2026. Retrieved April 2026.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "СГК вложит 117,5 млн рублей в ремонт генерирующего оборудования Барнаульской ТЭЦ-3". sibgenco.online. 10 March 2026. Retrieved April 2026.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Барнаульская ТЭЦ-3 продолжает обновление турбогенератора № 2". sibgenco.online. 18 March 2026. Retrieved April 2026.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Жизнь котлов продлят минимум на 10 лет: на алтайских предприятиях СГК набирает обороты ремонтная кампания". sibgenco.online. 14 April 2026. Retrieved April 2026.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ В БАРНАУЛЕ ОСУДИЛИ НОТАРИУСА, ОБМАНУВШУЮ 300 ТЫСЯЧ АКЦИОНЕРОВ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЙ ТЕПЛОЭНЕРГЕТИКИ, bankfax.ru, Nov. 22, 2017
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