Barnaulskaya-3 power station

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Barnaulskaya-3 power station (Барнаульская ТЭЦ-3, Barnaul-3) is an operating power station of at least 890-megawatts (MW) in Barnaul, Industrialny, Altai Krai, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Barnaulskaya-3 power station Barnaul, Industrialny, Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia 53.335634, 83.610099 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 3: 53.335634, 83.610099

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating coal - lignite, fossil gas - natural gas 80 subcritical 1981
Unit 1 operating coal - lignite, fossil gas - natural gas 80 subcritical 1981
Unit 2 operating coal - lignite, fossil gas - natural gas 175 subcritical 1983
Unit 2 operating coal - lignite, fossil gas - natural gas 175 subcritical 1983
Unit 3 operating coal - lignite, fossil gas - natural gas 190 subcritical 1985
Unit 3 operating coal - lignite, fossil gas - natural gas 190 subcritical 1985

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Barnaul Generation JSC [100.0%]
Unit 1
Unit 2 Barnaul Generation JSC [100.0%]
Unit 2
Unit 3 Barnaul Generation JSC [100.0%]
Unit 3

Project-level coal details

  • Coal source(s): Borodinsky coal mine

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.[1]

The plant’s three units were brought online between 1981 and 1985.[2][3][4] The power station consists of three turbines and 12 boilers (five power-generating and seven water-heating boilers).[1]

The gross capacity of the station is stated to be 445 MW on the company's website.[1] The System Operator's document released in February 2023 confirms the plant's capacity at 445MW.[5] Electricity generation in 2022 was 2,312 million kWh.[6]

Fuel Uncertainty

Since 1997, four of the boilers have been converted to operate on natural gas.[4] The System Operator's document released in February 2023 states that the plant can operate on both gas and coal.[5] However according to the company's website the main fuel is lignite coal.[1] Other media sources from 2018 and 2020 suggest the same - lignite coal is supplied to the plant from the Borodinsky coal mine, also owned by SUEK.[7][8] The coal mine is located in Krasnoyarsk region more than 1,000 km away from the power plant.

Modernization

As part of the plant's modernization, it is planned to increase capacity of Unit 2 by 10MW to 185 MW by 2026.[5]

In November 2023, it was also reported that capital repairs of Unit 3 were completed and the turbine was put back in operation.[9]

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.[10]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "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)
  2. Global Power Plant Database, World Resources Institute, Version 1.0.0, April 2018.
  3. Barnaulskaya CHPS-3 Russia, Global Energy Observatory, accessed June 2018.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Барнаульская ТЭЦ-3, Wikipedia (Russian), accessed June 2018.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "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)
  6. "Выработка СГК в 2022г достигла рекордного уровня, увеличившись почти на 14%". https://www.bigpowernews.ru/. January 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "На Барнаульских ТЭЦ формируют запасы угля". barnaul.org. August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "540 тысяч тонн угля составляют запасы на складах барнаульских ТЭЦ". barnaul.org. October 27, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "На Барнаульской ТЭЦ-3 завершился капитальный ремонт турбины". sibgenco.online/. October 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. В БАРНАУЛЕ ОСУДИЛИ НОТАРИУСА, ОБМАНУВШУЮ 300 ТЫСЯЧ АКЦИОНЕРОВ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЙ ТЕПЛОЭНЕРГЕТИКИ, bankfax.ru, Nov. 22, 2017

Additional data

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