Karaganda TPS-2 power station
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Karaganda TPS-2 power station (ТЭЦ -2 АО "Арселор Миттал Темиртау") is an operating power station of at least 435-megawatts (MW) in Termitau, Karaganda, Kazakhstan with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Karaganda TPS-2 power station | Termitau, Termitau, Karaganda, Kazakhstan | 50.04667, 73.053235 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1, Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 4: 50.04667, 73.053235
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | operating | coal - bituminous | 100 | subcritical | – | 1973 | – |
| Unit 1 | announced[1][2][3][4][5] | gas, coal, fuel oil[6][1] | 100[7][1][8] | steam turbine[1][2][8] | yes[9] | not found[1][2] | – |
| Unit 2 | operating | coal - bituminous | 100 | subcritical | – | 1974 | – |
| Unit 2 | announced[1][2][3][4][5] | gas, coal, fuel oil[6][1] | 100[10] | steam turbine[11] | yes[9] | not found[1][2] | – |
| Unit 3 | operating | coal - bituminous | 100 | subcritical | – | 1975 | – |
| Unit 3 | announced[1][2][3][4][5] | gas, coal, fuel oil[6][1] | 100[12] | steam turbine[11] | yes[9] | not found[1][2] | – |
| Unit 4 | operating | coal - bituminous | 135 | subcritical | – | 1982 | – |
| Unit 4 | announced[1][2][3][4][5] | gas, coal, fuel oil[6][1] | 135[11] | steam turbine[11] | yes[9] | not found[1][2] | – |
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 | ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC [100.0%] | – |
| Unit 1 | JSC ArcelorMittal Temirtau[1] | ArcelorMittal [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC [100.0%] | – |
| Unit 2 | JSC ArcelorMittal Temirtau[1] | ArcelorMittal [100.0%] |
| Unit 3 | ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC [100.0%] | – |
| Unit 3 | JSC ArcelorMittal Temirtau[1] | ArcelorMittal [100.0%] |
| Unit 4 | ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC [100.0%] | – |
| Unit 4 | JSC ArcelorMittal Temirtau[1] | ArcelorMittal [100.0%] |
Project-level captive use details
- Captive industry use (heat or power): iron & steel
- Captive industry: Both
Background
The Karaganda TPS-2 power station, along with Karaganda Steel Works power station, is one of the two power and heat generating plants of ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC. It is a captive plant and part of the steel department of the company and provides the shops with electrical and thermal energy, blast furnaces, and chemically purified water. Surplus electricity is sold through Kazakhstan’s grid and heat is supplied to the city of Termitau, Kazakhstan.
The plant first delivered power to consumers in 1973, with its first 100 MW unit. Three units and two decades later, it was sold to the company Ispat-Karmet (now ArcelorMittal Termitau) for $42.53 million USD, on April 17, 1996.[13]
Water for cooling the tower is drawn from the Samarkand basin.[13]
Incidents
On April 21, 2021, the roof of the one of the power plant's buildings caught fire. It was quickly extinguished and no major damage was done.[14] There was one fatality in the process of boiler construction in June 2022.[15]
Modernization
As of June 2020, the boiler #7 has been undergoing replacement: in 2019, the old building housing the boiler has been dismantled; in March 2020, the construction site was ready and equipment was delivered. However, due to the state of emergency caused by Covid-19 construction has been suspended.[16] The new boiler was expected to have a new gas purifier capable of capturing not only dust, but also sulphur dioxide. It was first expected to be commissioned in October 2022.[17] In November 2022, it was reported that the completion is now scheduled for November 2023.[18]
Boiler #7 should be able to burn different fuel types, including natural gas.[19] As of April 2023, completion of the project was 42% with expected commissioning works to take place in October 2023.[20] In July 2023, it was reported that the boiler would not be commissioned for the 2023-2024 heating season as the construction was being delayed. There is still a shortage of workers at the construction site, and the installation of the main equipment is falling behind schedule.[21] As of October 2023, the completion of the boiler #7 was postponed to 2024.[22]
A media source from October 2023 reported that the authorities were concerned about the state of the plant in need of repairs.[23] The plant was said to be 80% depreciated.[24]
The company was to be fined for not having the plant ready for the winter season and failing to conduct necessary repairs, as of November 2023.[25]
Conversion to gas
This plant is expected to be partially converted to natural gas.[26][27] It is understood that the new boiler #7 will be able to operate on several fuel types, including natural gas.[19]
In March 2022, the company announced that the work is underway, with the commissioning of the new gas pipeline scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2022. Gas will be supplied to Karaganda Steel Works power station, Rolling Shop-1 and the blast furnace shop, and the transition to gas will be carried out at the facilities in stages.[28] The Karaganda TPS-2 is not specifically mentioned in this news report, however it can be assumed that gas will also be available to this plant and it will use some gas in a gradual and partial manner.
As of December 2023, there are no other updates about the coal-to-gas conversion.
Pollution Concerns
Citizens in Temirtau have raised many concerns about the air pollution coming from both ArcelorMittal power plants. In 2020, the plant emitted around 200 million tons of soot and sulphur dioxide in the city, causing people to complain about black snow and dust.[29][30] There has also been unstable power supplies during the winter. In an effort to address this longstanding issue of air pollution, the Minister of Ecology in Kazakhstan hosted a meeting with the ArcelorMittal company leadership, as well as environmentalists and human rights activists who were demanding improvements to the amount of pollution. A new environmental code from the Kazakhstan government came into effect in the summer of 2021.[30]
Heat & Power Disruptions
In 2016, former Prime Minister Bakhytzhan Sagintayev criticized the authorities of the Karaganda region for the fact that the temperature in the apartments of Temirtau residents dropped to 12 degrees: 17 emergency stops were recorded at CHP-2 in two months since the beginning of the heating season.[31]
In 2020, the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nogayev said during a government meeting that the unsatisfactory condition of the boilers and turbines of the CHP-2 threatens Temirtau with an energy collapse.[31]
Nationalization
In October 2023, ownership of ArcelorMittal Temirtau was reported to be transferred from ArcelorMittal to the government of Kazakhstan. It is unclear yet what entity within the government will be managing the company.[32] ArcelorMitta had been in talks with the Kazakhstan government for several months over the future of its subsidiary and had signed a preliminary agreement to transfer the ownership to the state after several accidents in recent years. ArcelorMittal operates iron ore and coal mines along with the Karaganda Steel Works in Kazakhstan. A fire accident at the Kostenco coal mine in the Karaganda region, operated by ArcelorMittal Temirtau, killed 46 people on October 28, 2023. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ordered to halt the investment support to ArcelorMittal Temirtau following the accident.[33][34] In December 2023, ArcelorMittal completed the sale of ArcelorMittal Temirtau to the Qazaqstan Investment Corporation (‘QIC’), a state-controlled direct investment fund. QIC has now assumed control and accountability for ArcelorMittal Temirtau’s operations, which will be renamed.[35]
Articles and Resources
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220709160111/https://www.gov.kz/uploads/2021/5/31/28089ab5516b6229bc2220a860496e9b_original.3721726.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 09 July 2022.
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