Karaganda TPS-4 power station

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Karaganda TPS-4 power station (Карагандинская ТЭЦ - 4) is a cancelled power station in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. It is also known as Karaganda CHP-4.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Karaganda TPS-4 power station	Karaganda, Karaganda, Kazakhstan	50.0467, 73.0532 (approximate)

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

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	cancelled	coal - unknown	700	unknown	2023	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	Kazakhstan Utility Systems LLP [100.0%]

Background

According to the program “Development of the Karaganda energy complex in 2012-2023”, the preliminary cost of the project for the construction of Karaganda TPS-4 power station was 380 billion tenge (2,5 billion dollars). Kazakhstan Utility Systems LLP intended to invest 20 percent of its own funds in the project, and 80 percent of the funds would be borrowed.

In April 2017, Dinmukhamet Idrisov signed a memorandum of mutual cooperation for the construction of the power station in the Karaganda region.

According to a 2019 study on the district heat supply system of the city of Karaganda by Russian and Kazakhstani university researchers, the available capacity of the proposed plant for construction could be at least 530 Gcal/h and 700 MW to potentially account for the retirement of units at Karaganda TPS-3 power station and the smaller 24MW Karanganda TPS-1.

As of 2021, there were no known updates on the power station since 2017, so the project appeared to be cancelled. As of December 2023, there was no news on this project.

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