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. 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
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, heavy fuel oil[2][3][4][5] | 68[2][3] | steam turbine[2][3] | yes[2][3] | 1992[3] | – |
| Unit 3 | operating[2][3] | gas, coal, heavy fuel oil[2][3][4][5] | 50[2][3] | steam turbine[2][3] | yes[2][3] | 1992[3] | – |
| Unit 6 | operating[2][3] | gas, coal, heavy fuel oil[2][3][4][5] | 125[2][3] | steam turbine[2][3] | yes[2][3] | 1992[3] | – |
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%] |
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.[6]
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.[7]
Installed capacity is 243MW (as of November 2022) with Units 2, 3, and 6 in operation.[8][9][8]. Capacity increased to 353MW in 2014 after the introduction of refurbished Unit 2 with 65MW and a new Unit 6 with 125MW.[10][7] Later in 2017, Unit 1 with 60 MW and Unit 5 with 50 MW were retired in 2017.[11]
In 2020 the plant produced 1,220 million kWh of electricity.[12]
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%.[13] In 2021, gas represented 93%, coal only 0.42% and peat was 6%.[14] 2023 plan included 2.4% for coal in the fuel balance.[14] Based on these updates, it appeared that the plant is already mostly gas-fired with some use of peat and minimal use of coal despite the fact that the Russian Ministry of Energy 2024-2029 energy program still lists coal, peat and heavy fuel oil as types of fuel used by the station.[15]
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.[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://web.archive.org/web/20230313034958/https://www.so-ups.ru/fileadmin/files/company/future_plan/public_discussion/2023/final/20_Kirovskaja_oblast_fin.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2023.
{{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}}: Check|archive-url=value (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220808161907/https://kirov-portal.ru/news/podrobnosti/k-2026-godu-kirovskie-tehc-polnostyu-perejdut-na-gaz-31761/. Archived from the original on 08 August 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240108205029/https://www.so-ups.ru/fileadmin/files/company/future_plan/public_discussion/2024/final/20_Kirovskaja_oblast.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 08 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); 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) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Кировская ТЭЦ-4". Wikipedia. Retrieved November 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 "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= - ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Протокол заседания экспертного совета региональной службы по тарифам Кировской области (page 7-8)" (PDF). rstkirov.ru. 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "СХЕМА И ПРОГРАММА РАЗВИТИЯ ЭЛЕКТРОЭНЕРГЕТИЧЕСКИХ СИСТЕМ РОССИИ НА 2024–2029 ГОДЫ ЭНЕРГОСИСТЕМА КИРОВСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ" (PDF). SO UPS of Russia. November 30, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "К 2026 году кировские ТЭЦ полностью перейдут на газ". kirov-portal.ru. December 2021.
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Additional data
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