Kokshetau power station

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Kokshetau power station (Кокшетауская ТЭЦ) is a power station in the pre-permit stage in Kokshetau, Akmola, Kazakhstan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kokshetau power station Kokshetau, Akmola, Kazakhstan 53.3036, 69.4198 (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 pre-permit[1] coal - bituminous 120 unknown 2027
Unit 2 pre-permit[1] coal - bituminous 120 unknown 2027

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Samruk-Energo JSC [100.0%]
Unit 2 Samruk-Energo JSC [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

  • Coal source(s): Ekibastuz coal basin

Background

A tender was launched in December 2022 by the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan for the design, construction, financing and future ownership and exploitation of the Kokshetau power station.[2][3] A feasibility study was approved by Gosekspertiza in 2021 with some corrections in 2022.[4]

It was anticipated that the plant would be built in two phases:[5]

- Phase 1: two boiler units with total capacity of 332 Gcal/h and one turbine unit of 125 MW

- Phase 2: one boiler unit with capacity of 188 Gcal/h and one turbine unit of 125 MW

The tender documentation stated that the project should be completed within 48 months and should be designed in a way that would allow for potential conversion to gas in the future.[3] A Turkish company, Aksa Energy, expressed interest in the plant in 2022.[6] Another Turkish company, GAP Insaat, expressed interest in the tender in January 2023.[7] However in February 2023 it was announced that the tender did not attract any bidders as the project is coal-fired.[8] A media article from April 2023 referred to one minister suggesting to review the rules of the tender in order to attract investors.[9] A video report from May 2023 implied that the project is on hold due to lack of interested investors as the project does not offer sufficient returns.[10]

In August 2023 it was announced that a tender will be conducted on the capacity market in autumn 2023, with total investment cost estimated at 239bn tenge (about USD 535 million).[11][12][13]

Following Vladimir Putin's visit to Kazakhstan in November 2023, Russia and Kazakhstan signed a memorandum to agree that Russia's Inter Rao-Export (a subsidiary of Inter RAO) will build three CHP plants in Kazakhstan including Kokshetau power station, Semey-3 power station and the new Ust-Kamenogorsk TETS-2 power station. The draft agreement is in consultation mode until the end of December 2023.[14][15] Kokshetau will be the first project to go ahead starting construction in 2024.[15] Taking into account future gasification of the city, it is planned to install multi-fuel pulverized coal boilers with the possibility of converting to natural gas later.[15]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125151646/https://neftegaz.ru/news/energy/807395-proekt-soglasheniya-rossii-i-kazakhstana-o-stroitelstve-trekh-tets-stal-dostupen-dlya-publichnogo-ob/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Кокшетауская ТЭЦ". energybase.ru. Retrieved March 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Tender documentation for the construction of new generating units newly commissioned under the construction project of the Kokshetau thermal power plant". gov.kz. December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "«Көкшетау қаласында ЖЭО салу. Түзету» техникалық-экономикалық негіздемесі бойынша (Technical - economical feasibility study)" (PDF). gov.kz. 2021. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 38 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "В Кокшетау построят новую ТЭЦ – угольную". forbes.kz. October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Турецкая компания построит в Кызылорде новую ТЭЦ за 215 млрд тенге". forbes.kz. October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Turkish investor shows interest in Kokshetau CHP plant". https://primeminister.kz/. January 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Требования по обеспечению ликвидации отвлекут у электростанций по 20-30 млрд тенге". https://inbusiness.kz/. February 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Пересмотреть правила тендера по строительству ТЭЦ в Кокшетау предлагает сенатор". kapital.kz. April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "Новую ТЭЦ в Кокшетау некому строить". www.youtube.com. May 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "В Кокшетау планируют построить ТЭЦ". kapital.kz. August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Минэнерго Казахстана: «ТЭЦ на 240 МВт за $535 млн введут в Кокшетау в 2027 году»". /peretok.ru. August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Министр энергетики рассказал, когда заработает Кокшетауская ТЭЦ". kz.kursiv.media. August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Проект Постановления Правительства Республики Казахстан "О подписании Соглашения между Правительством Республики Казахстан и Правительством Российской Федерации о проектах строительства угольных теплоэлектроцентралей в городах Кокшетау, Семей и Усть-Каменогорск". legalacts.egov.kz. December 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Проект соглашения России и Казахстана о строительстве трех ТЭЦ стал доступен для публичного обсуждения". neftegaz.ru. December 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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