Novo-Irkutsk power station

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Novo-Irkutsk power station (Ново-Иркутская ТЭЦ) is a 705-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Irkutsk province, Russia.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is in Irkutsk city, Irkutsk province.

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Background on Plant

The five-unit, 655-MW coal-fired Novo-Irkutsk power station is owned by Irkutskenergo which is 90.2% owned by En+Group. The plant’s five units were brought online between 1975 and 1987.

In 2013 an additional 50-MW unit was commissioned. The unit had been part of the Ust-Ilimsk Thermal Power Plant, which was decommissioned in 2004. The unit was transported to Irkutsk in 2011.

In December 2019 Irkutskenergo announced that it planned to sell its power plant holdings to its subsidiary Baikal Energy Company for 27 billion rubles (approximately US$365 million). Baikal Energy Company would then be in a position to sell the assets to another company. The transfer of assets was planned to happen in stages and be complete by 2024. Gazprom Energoholding LLC emerged as a potential buyer; after acquisition, Gazprom would facilitate the conversion of these plants to gas.

In 2021, En+Group was working on modernizing the Novo-Irkutsk power station. As part of the modernization process, the company planned to add a new cooling tower to the power station in 2022, which would increase the summer capacity of the power station by 70 MW. The company also planned to spend 1.2 billion rubles (approximately US$16 million) to replace the main elements of boiler unit number 2.

Plant Details

• Sponsor: Baikal Energy Company
• Parent company: En+Group
• Location: Irkutsk city, Irkutsk province, Russia
• Coordinates: 52.246817, 104.203081 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Gross capacity: 705 MW
• Type: Subcritical
• In service: Units 1-5: 1975-87; Unit 6: 2013
• Coal type: Lignite
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