Kirov-5 power station

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Kirov-5 power station (Кировская ТЭЦ-5) is a 450-megawatt (MW) coal-fired and gas-fired power plant in Kirov province, Russia.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is in Leninsky rayon, Kirov city, Kirov province.

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Background on Plant

The three-unit, 450-MW coal-fired plant is owned by TPlus Group, which is part of the Renova Group. The plant was previously part of TGC-5 and Volzhskaya TGC. TPlus is the successor 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 TPlus.

The plant’s three units were brought online between 1982 and 1986 The station is designed to use both coal and gas as fuel. The station provides heat and power to the industry and residential sector of the city of Kirov.

The plant produced 1,256 million kWh of electricity in 2020.

Coal-to-Gas Conversion

In late 2021 TPlus has reported its plan to fully convert the plant to gas by 2023.

Plant Details

• Owner: TPlus
• Parent company: Renova Group
• Location: Leninsky rayon, Kirov city, Kirov province, Russia
• Coordinates: 58.548938, 49.582392 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Gross capacity: 450 MW
• Type: Subcritical
• In service: 1982-86
• Coal type: Bituminous
• Coal source:
• Source of financing:

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