Chelyabinsk CHP-1 power station

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Chelyabinsk CHP-1 power station (Челябинская ТЭЦ-1 электростанция and Челябинская ТЭЦ-1) is an operating power station of at least 134-megawatts (MW) in Novogornyy, Chelyabinsk, Russia with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.


Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Chelyabinsk CHP-1 power station Novogornyy, Chelyabinsk, Russia 55.1341, 61.4765 (exact)

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 55.134106, 61.476465
  • Unit 1: 55.13411, 61.47647


Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 retired coal - lignite 250 MW subcritical - - 2016
Unit 1 operating[1] gas[2] 134 MW[1] combined cycle[3] yes[1] - -

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 Parent
Unit 1 Fortum (Russia) PJSC Fortum (Russia) PJSC
Unit 1 - -


Financing

  • Source of financing:

Background on Plant

Two gas-fired units were commissioned in combined cycle mode at the site in 2014 and the 250-MW coal-fired unit was retired in 2016.[4][5]


Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "www.fortum.com/about-us/our-company/our-energy-production/our-power-plants/chelyabinsk-chp-1". Archived from the original on February 28, 2021.
  2. "www.fortum.ru/stancii-filiala-ural". Archived from the original on July 24, 2021.
  3. "www.eprussia.ru/epr/256/16463.htm". Archived from the original on September 2, 2021.
  4. Челябинская ТЭЦ-1, Fortum, accessed November 2020
  5. Челябинская ТЭЦ-1 переведена на парогазовый цикл, Eprussia, Oct 2014

Additional data

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