Kirov-4 power station
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Kirov-4 power station (Кировская ТЭЦ-4) is an operating power station of at least 243-megawatts (MW) in Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Russia with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Kirov CHPP-4.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Kirov-4 power station | Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Russia | 58.62253, 49.60257 (exact)[1] |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 6: 58.62253, 49.60257
- Unit 2, Unit 6, Unit 3: 58.621546, 49.594482
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 2 | operating[2][3] | gas, coal[2][3][4] | 68[2][3] | steam turbine[2][3] | yes[2][3] | 1992[3] | – |
| Unit 3 | operating[2][3] | gas, coal[2][3][4] | 50[2][3] | steam turbine[2][3] | yes[2][3] | 1992[3] | – |
| Unit 6 | operating[2][3] | gas, coal[2][3][4] | 125[2][3] | steam turbine[2][3] | yes[2][3] | 1992[3] | – |
| Unit 2 | retired | coal - unknown, fossil gas - natural gas, bioenergy - agricultural waste (solids) | 68 | subcritical | – | 2014 | 2020 |
| Unit 6 | retired | coal - unknown, fossil gas - natural gas, bioenergy - agricultural waste (solids) | 125 | subcritical | – | 2014 | 2020 |
| Unit 3 | retired | coal - unknown, fossil gas - natural gas, bioenergy - agricultural waste (solids) | 50 | subcritical | – | 1967 | 2020 |
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 2 | Kirov Branch of PJSC "T Plus"[2][3] | T Plus Group [100.0%] |
| Unit 3 | Kirov Branch of PJSC "T Plus"[2][3] | T Plus Group [100.0%] |
| Unit 6 | Kirov Branch of PJSC "T Plus"[2][3] | T Plus Group [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | T Plus Group PJSC [100.0%] | – |
| Unit 6 | T Plus Group PJSC [100.0%] | – |
| Unit 3 | T Plus Group PJSC [100.0%] | – |
Background
The plant is owned by T Plus Group, which is part of the Renova Group. The plant was previously part of TGC-5 and subsequently Volzhskaya TGC. T Plus is the successor of Volzhskaya TGC, which consolidated TGC-5, TGC-6, TGC-9 and Orenburgskaya TGC in 2014. In 2015, at the shareholders meeting, it was decided to change the name of the combined company to T Plus.[5]
Construction on the Kirov-4 power plant began in 1957 as a two-unit peat-fuelled power plant; this initial project was completed in 1963. Five boilers were added in a second stage in 1963-69, and four more boilers were added in a third stage in 1974-79. The plant runs on a combination of lignite coal, peat, natural gas, and fuel oil; several boilers have been modified over the years to switch or expand their feedstock capability, including a $6-million renovation of the ninth boiler in 2009 that allowed the boiler to burn all four fuels.[6]
Installed capacity is 243MW (as of November 2022) with Units 2, 3, and 6 in operation.[7][8][7]. Capacity increased to 353MW in 2014 after the introduction of refurbished Unit 2 with 65MW and a new Unit 6 with 125MW.[9][6] Later in 2017, Unit 1 with 60 MW and Unit 5 with 50 MW were retired in 2017.[10]
In 2020 the plant produced 1,220 million kWh of electricity.[11]
Fuel Balance and Conversion to Gas
Reports from the regional Tariff Service stated that across BOTH Kirov-4 power station and Kirov-5 power station (which is fired by both coal and gas), in 2020 natural gas represented 89% of the fuel balance, coal was only 3% and peat was 8%.[12] In 2021, gas represented 93%, coal only 0.42% and peat was 6%.[13] 2023 plan included 2.4% for coal in the fuel balance.[13] Based on these updates, it appeared that the plant is already mostly gas-fired with some use of peat and minimal use of coal.
In late 2021, T Plus reported it planned to fully convert the plant to gas by 2025-2026. The company is dependent on the modernisation of the gas infrastructure to be able to achieve this.[14]
2014 Modernization
In April 2012, TGC-5 began work on a $110-million modernization project to decommission three obsolete boilers and replace them with two new boilers, a project which targeted to expand the plant's capacity by 25 MW, from 320 to 345 MW. Work on the first new boiler, with capacity of 65 MW, was completed in December 2013; the second boiler, with 120 MW capacity, was scheduled to go online by the end of 2014.[15][16]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kirovskaya+Tets-4/@58.62239249.599947217z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x43fcf5fc5df79a9f:0xaef0ba3728e011eb!8m2!3d58.6223892!4d49.6025221!16s%2Fg%2F121_61sf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 (PDF) https://www.so-ups.ru/fileadmin/files/company/future_plan/public_discussion/2023/final/20_Kirovskaja_oblast_fin.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 https://web.archive.org/web/20211204073711/https://www.tplusgroup.ru/org/kirov/organization/kirovskaja-chp4/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://kirov-portal.ru/news/podrobnosti/k-2026-godu-kirovskie-tehc-polnostyu-perejdut-na-gaz-31761/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Т Плюс". Wikipedia. Retrieved November 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Кировская ТЭЦ-4". Wikipedia. Retrieved November 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Перечень электростанций, действующих и планируемых к сооружению, расширению, модернизации и выводу из эксплуатации (page 32)" (PDF). www.so-ups.ru. February 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Кировский филиал". tplusgroup.ru. Retrieved November 2022 via the Wayback Machine.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Кировская ТЭЦ-4". tplusgroup.ru. Retrieved November 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "СХЕМА ТЕПЛОСНАБЖЕНИЯ ГОРОДА КИРОВА НА ПЕРИОД ДО 2033 г." (PDF). www.ivenser.com. 2017.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 21 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Основные показатели". tplusgroup.ru. Retrieved November 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Протокол заседания региональной службы по тарифам (page 9-10)" (PDF). https://rstkirov.ru/. December 2021.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Протокол заседания экспертного совета региональной службы по тарифам Кировской области (page 7-8)" (PDF). rstkirov.ru. 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "К 2026 году кировские ТЭЦ полностью перейдут на газ". kirov-portal.ru. December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Турбина для Кировской ТЭЦ-4 прошла испытания на Уральском турбинном заводе, TGC-5 press release, Apr. 30, 2013.
- ↑ "На Кировской ТЭЦ-4 завершаются работы по монтажу паровой турбины". mobile.ruscable.ru. February 2013.
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