Gusinoozyorskaya power station
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Gusinoozyorskaya power station (Гусиноозерская ГРЭС) is an operating power station of at least 1244-megawatts (MW) in Gusinoozersk, Selenginsky, Buryatia, Russia with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Gusinozersk power station.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Gusinoozyorskaya power station | Gusinoozersk, Selenginsky, Buryatia, Russia | 51.298866, 106.481745 (exact) |
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6: 51.298866, 106.481745
- Unit 7, Unit 8: 51.29841, 106.48411
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Operating | coal: lignite | 200 | subcritical | yes | 1976 |
| Unit 2 | Operating | coal: lignite | 210[1] | subcritical | yes | 1977 |
| Unit 3 | Operating | coal: lignite | 204 | subcritical | yes | 1978 |
| Unit 4 | Operating | coal: lignite | 210 | subcritical | yes | 1979 |
| Unit 5 | Operating | coal: lignite | 210 | subcritical | yes | 1988 |
| Unit 6 | Operating | coal: lignite | 210 | subcritical | yes | 1992 |
| Unit 7 | Announced[2] | coal: lignite | 230[2] | unknown | not found | – |
| Unit 8 | Announced[2] | coal: lignite | 230[2] | unknown | not found | – |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][3] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][3] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 3 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][3] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 4 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][3] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 5 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][3] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 6 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][3] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 7 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][3] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 8 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][3] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
Project-level coal details
- Coal source(s): Okino-Klyuchevskaya mine, Okino-Klyuchevsky coal mine, Zagustaisky coal mine mine and Gusinoozersky coal mine
Ownership Tree
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Background
The power plant is owned by Inter Rao- Electric Power Generation, a subsidiary of Inter RAO. It used to be part of OGK-3 until 2012 when it was liquidated upon consolidation within Inter RAO.[4]
The combined heat-and-power station provides electricity to consumers in Buryatia and neighbouring regions, as well as thermal energy to the city of Gusinoozyorsk.[4][5]
One of the more modern former-Soviet plants, Gusinoozyorskaya was approved by the Soviet Council of Ministers in 1968, as a project of six 200-MW coal-fired units. The first four units were brought online in 1976-79; the last two were brought online in 1988-92. Unit 2 was refurbished in 1993-96, and Unit 4 in 1998.
In June 2022, there was a fire at the power plant due to transformer failure. It appeared that there were no casualties, power supply was restored in few days' time and damages were liquidated.[6]
The plant generated 3,668 million Kwh of electricity in 2021 and 3,859 million Kwh in 2020.[7]
The power plant uses coal from Okino-Klyuchevsky coal mine (also owned by Inter RAO), Zagustaisky coal mine mine and Gusinoozersky coal mine.[8]
Modernization
Unit 1 was modernized in 2017, its capacity increasing by 30MW to 200 MW.[9] Previously the Unit's design capacity was lowered due to the changes in the fuel balance.[9]
In June 2020, it was announced that the company is planning a large-scale modernization of Units 1, 2, and 3. This would include complete replacement of 3 coal boilers with a capacity of 640 tons of steam/hour each, including auxiliary equipment and live steam pipelines, in the period from September 2020 to January 2024. The delivery of boiler equipment began in August 2020.[10]
In December 2020 it was reported that the capacity of Unit 2 and Unit 3 will be increased by 54 MW jointly in the period 2021-2023.[11]
In September 2022, it was reported that works on Units 1 and Unit 3 were already complete.[12] Unit 3's capacity has increased by 34MW to 204MW in 2022.[13][14] Works Unit 2 were in progress, with capacity to increase by 20 MW to 210MW by 2024.[13][14][15] In January 2024, it was reported that the modernization of Unit 2 was successfully completed.[16]
Expansion Revived in 2023
The RAO UES 2006-10 five-year plan (from before the restructuring of RAO UES), which RAO management approved in January 2007, listed as a long-term project the addition of a 330-MW coal-fired unit at Gusinoozyorsk, with a completion date of 2011.[17] A January 2014 Inter RAO investment plan presentation did not mention this plan and there was no indication that the new management at Inter RAO intended to pursue this expansion.[18]
Expansion plans appeared to have been revived as of September 2023 when Inter RAO and the governor of Republic of Buryatia signed a cooperation agreement to build one or two coal units (Unit 7 and Unit 8), each with 230MW of capacity by the end of 2030. The expansion will be supported by the Okino-Klyuchevsky coal mine.[19][20]However, this expansion project was not part of the revised Government decree on General scheme of energy asset allocations from December 2022 and the updated decree from November 2023.[21][22] The possibility to build new units 7 and 8 was further mentioned in January 2024 although this is subject to the results of the competitive selection under the federal modernization program.[23][24]
The updated General Scheme on power assets allocation up to 2035 released in late 2024 did not mention the expansion project.[25] However, media sources from October 2024 and January 2025 still referred to the possibility to build new units to cover the growing power needs.[26][27]
Public Opposition
In July 2018 residents met publicly for a half-a-day with a representative of the All-Russia People's Front (or ONF, as it is known in Russian) to voice complaints about the impact of the Buryatskaya open-pit coal mine, the Gusinoozyorskaya power station, and the transportation of coal between them, with more than 300 trips by 30-ton trucks daily. Problems described include the shaking of house from vibrations, coal dust getting on laundry, and constant noise.[28]
Environmental Impact
In February 2020 it was revealed that the plant was polluting the Tel River in violation of the Water Code of Russia after environmental activists requested an audit of the plant by the Trans-Baikal Interregional Administration of Rosprironadzor.[29]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ "В Бурятии ввели в эксплуатацию модернизированный энергоблок на Гусиноозерской ГРЭС - новости Бурятии и Улан-Удэ". Информ Полис. 2024-01-29. Archived from the original on 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125144431/https://gazeta-n1.ru/news/society/125952/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125144616/https://irao-generation.ru/stations/gusozerg/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Гусиноозёрская ГРЭС". Wikipedia. Retrieved Dec 23, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Gusinoozerskaya Coal Power Plant Russia, Global Energy Observatory, accessed Mar. 2014.
- ↑ "Аварию на Гусиноозерской ГРЭС в Бурятии ликвидировали". tass.ru. June 23, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "АО «Интер РАО – Электрогенерация» в 2021 году нарастило выработку электроэнергии и отпуск тепла". irao-generation.ru. February 10, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Мощность Гусиноозёрской ГРЭС увеличилась на 30 МВт". Inter RAO. Retrieved Dec 23, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "АО «Интер РАО – Электрогенерация» подвело итоги производственной деятельности за 2017 год". Inter RAO. Retrieved Dec 23, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Модернизация Гусиноозерской ГРЭС, на старт!". Kvartz Group. Retrieved Dec 23, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Россети" внедрят к 2025 году в Бурятии более 53 тыс. "умных" счетчиков, Tass, Dec. 15, 2020
- ↑ "СХЕМА И ПРОГРАММА РАЗВИТИЯ ЭЛЕКТРОЭНЕРГЕТИЧЕСКИХ СИСТЕМ РОССИИ НА 2023–2028 ГОДЫ РЕСПУБЛИКА БУРЯТИЯ (page 46)" (PDF). www.so-ups.ru. February 2023.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 27 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ministry of Energy (May 23, 2022). "Приказ Министерства энергетики РФ от 28 февраля 2022 г. № 146 "Об утверждении схемы и программы развития Единой энергетической системы России на 2022 - 2028 годы"". garant.ru.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 "На Гусиноозёрскую ГРЭС доставлен барабан котлоагрегата №2 весом почти 100 тонн". in-power.ru. September 15, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Перечень электростанций, действующих и планируемых к сооружению, расширению, модернизации и выводу из эксплуатации (page 46)" (PDF). https://www.so-ups.ru/. February 2023.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ "В Бурятии запустили обновленный энергоблок Гусиноозерской ГРЭС". bgtrk.ru. January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 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.
- ↑ Inter RAO UES presentation, January 2014, accessed Mar. 2014.
- ↑ "В Бурятии модернизируют два энергопредприятия Полная версия: https://www.baikal-daily.ru/news/15/464429/". www.baikal-daily.ru. September 2023.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title=|title=at position 46 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "В Бурятии будет модернизирована Гусиноозёрская ГРЭС". В Бурятии будет модернизирована Гусиноозёрская ГРЭС. September 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ (PDF). November 2023 https://www.bigpowernews.ru/photos/0/0_hwMWLFCE8gF4WY3kGoos5DkyfTCuFMXM.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "http://static.government.ru/media/acts/files/1202301040011.pdf" (PDF). static.government.ru. December 2022.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ↑ "В Бурятии ввели в эксплуатацию модернизированный энергоблок на Гусиноозерской ГРЭС". /www.infpol.ru. January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Реконструированный энергоблок Гусиноозёрской ГРЭС запустили в Бурятии". rossaprimavera.ru/. January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "ПЕРЕЧЕНЬ существующих объектов по производству электрической энергии (тепловых электростанций), в том числе функционирующих в режиме комбинированной выработки электрической и тепловой энергии, в отношении которых в долгосрочном периоде планируется изменение установленной генерирующей мощности на 100 МВт и более" (PDF). www.so-ups.ru/. November 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Новый резидент ТОР «Бурятия» обеспечит топливом Гусиноозерскую ГРЭС, подняв добычу угля до 3,5 млн тонн в год". //erdc.ru/. January 2025.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ "Правительство Бурятии работает над созданием источников резервирования электроэнергии". egov-buryatia.ru. October 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ «Зачем нам уголь?»: на «токсичных» улицах Гусиноозерска прошло стихийное собрание жителей, ulan.mk.ru, Jul. 11, 2018
- ↑ В Бурятии Гусиноозерская ГРЭС загрязняла реку сточными водами, Feb. 21, 2020
Additional data
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