Novo-Ziminskaya power station
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Novo-Ziminskaya power station (Ново-Зиминская ТЭЦ, Novo-Ziminsk) is an operating power station of at least 260-megawatts (MW) in Perevoz, Ziminsky, Irkutsk, Russia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Novo-Ziminskaya power station | Perevoz, Ziminsky, Irkutsk, Russia | 54.033141, 102.033072 (exact) |
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3: 54.033141, 102.033072
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Operating | coal: subbituminous | 80 | subcritical | yes | 1981 |
| Unit 2 | Operating | coal: subbituminous | 100 | subcritical | yes | 1982 |
| Unit 3 | Operating | coal: subbituminous | 80 | subcritical | yes | 1983 |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Baikal Energy Company LLC [100%][1] | En+ Group PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | Baikal Energy Company LLC [100%][1] | En+ Group PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 3 | Baikal Energy Company LLC [100%][1] | En+ Group PJSC [100.0%] |
Ownership Tree
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Background
The plant’s three 80MW units were brought online between 1981 and 1983.[2][3] In 2009 following the modernization of the turbine at Unit 2, the capacity of the unit has increased by 20MW to 100MW.[4]
The plant's boilers were originally designed to burn lignite coal from the Azeisky mine. Following depletion of the Azeisky deposit's reserves, the boilers were converted to burn a blend of lignite from the Azeisky and Mugunsky mines.[5]
By 2013, the plant's existing ash disposal site was near capacity. Rather than constructing a new ash pond at an estimated cost of approximately 1 billion roubles (around US$33 million), the station adopted a dry ash storage method, depositing around 667,000 cubic metres of ash at a cost of only 58 million roubles (around US$1.9 million). The plant was among the first in the Irkutskenergo system to implement this technology. The former ash pond at the Ziminsky section of the plant was subsequently reclaimed.[6]
In its 2021 Sustainable Development report, En+ Group reported that the modernization of electrostatic precipitators has been completed at Novo-Ziminskaya power plant.[7]
The pant produced around 1,100 million kWh of electricity in both 2020 and 2021[7], around 1,200 million kWh in 2022,[8] 1,300 million kWh in both 2023 and 2024[9] and 1,200 million kWh in 2025.[10]
Ownership
The three-unit, 260-MW coal-fired Novo-Ziminskaya power station is owned by Baikal Energy Company, a subsidiary of Irkutskenergo, which in turn is owned by En+Group.[11]
In December 2019 Irkutskenergo announced that it planned to sell its coal plants and other coal assets, possibly to Gazprom Energoholding LLC, which would facilitate the conversion of these plants to gas.[12][13] As a first step the power plant holdings would be transferred to its subsidiary Baikal Energy Company for 27 billion rubles.[14] The sale was finalized and these holdings were transferred on Sep. 1, 2020.[15] 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.[15]
As of May 2023 and December 2024, there was no other news on the change of ownership.
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125145034/https://www.so-ups.ru/fileadmin/files/company/future_plan/public_discussion/2023/final/14_Irkutskaja_oblast_fin.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Global Power Plant Database, World Resources Institute, Version 1.0.0, April 2018.
- ↑ Novo-Ziminskaya CHP Power Station Russia, Global Energy Observatory, accessed June 2018.
- ↑ "В Иркутской области наращивают мощность". eprussia.ru. July 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Ново-Зиминская ТЭЦ". in-power.ru.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Ново-Зиминская ТЭЦ". in-power.ru.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 EN+ Group (2021). "УСТОЙЧИВОЕ РАЗВИТИЕ КАК ОБРАЗ МЫШЛЕНИЯ" (PDF). enplusgroup.com. Retrieved November 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name ":12" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ "EN+ Annual Report 2022" (PDF). enplusgroup.com. April 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "En+ Group 2024 Consolidated Report (p. 22)" (PDF). enplusgroup.com. 2024. Retrieved Dec 5, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "En+ Group Consolidated Report 2025" (PDF). enplusgroup.com. April 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Ново-Зиминская ТЭЦ". enplusgroup.com. Retrieved November 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Russian energy giant looks to shed coal assets, reports say, Bellona, Dec. 5, 2019
- ↑ Приход "Газпрома" и повышение тарифов, Irkutsk Media, Feb. 3, 2020
- ↑ Иркутскэнерго продаст дочке весь теплогенерирующий и сетевой комплекс Иркутской области, Neftegaz, Dec. 31, 2019.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 В Иркутской области статус ресурсоснабжающей организации присвоен "Байкальской энергетической компании", sia.ru, Oct. 8, 2020
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