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.
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.[1][2][3]
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.[4]
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).[5] 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.[6] Gazprom Energoholding LLC emerged as a potential buyer; after acquisition, Gazprom would facilitate the conversion of these plants to gas.[7][8]
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.[9] The company also planned to spend 1.2 billion rubles (approximately US$16 million) to replace the main elements of boiler unit number 2.[10]
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[11]
- Coal source:
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Global Power Plant Database, World Resources Institute, Version 1.0.0, April 2018.
- ↑ Novo-Irkutsk CHP Power Station Russia, Global Energy Observatory, accessed June 2018.
- ↑ Ново-Иркутская ТЭЦ, Wikipedia (Russian), accessed June 2018.
- ↑ На Ново-Иркутской ТЭЦ введут турбину 50 МВт, Gazeta Irkutks, Dec. 19, 2013
- ↑ Иркутскэнерго продаст дочке весь теплогенерирующий и сетевой комплекс Иркутской области, Neftegaz, Dec. 31, 2019.
- ↑ В Иркутской области статус ресурсоснабжающей организации присвоен "Байкальской энергетической компании", sia.ru, Oct. 8, 2020
- ↑ Russian energy giant looks to shed coal assets, reports say, Bellona, Dec. 5, 2019
- ↑ Приход "Газпрома" и повышение тарифов, Irkutsk Media, Feb. 3, 2020
- ↑ Коллектив Ново-Рязанской ТЭЦ поздравили с Днем энергетика мэр Рязани Елена Сорокина и другие представители власти, RZN, Dec. 23, 2021
- ↑ На Ново-Иркутской ТЭЦ начата комплексная замена основных элементов котельного агрегата № 2, Siberian News, Sep. 8, 2021
- ↑ Ново-Иркутская ТЭЦ, energybase.ru, accessed January 2020